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Labor force status

Source: R/gss_vars_01.R
wrkstat.Rd

wrkstat

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Last week were you working full time, part time, going to school, keeping house, or what?

Values

  • [1] working full time

  • [2] working part time

  • [3] with a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strike

  • [4] unemployed, laid off, looking for work

  • [5] retired

  • [6] in school

  • [7] keeping house

  • [8] other

  • [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D2006
Full1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for wrkstat.

Counts by year:

yearworking full timeworking part timewith a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strikeunemployed, laid off, looking for workretiredin schoolkeeping houseotherno answerskipped on webdon't knowTotal
197275012138461445843224---1613
197365113431351545942119---1504
197463510846541674741710---1484
197562214526611654940220---1490
19766191312863176464279---1499
197777510739371523835923---1530
197871613939391573537730---1532
198068713735391494035625---1468
198283918541922114440246---1860
198374117034841633134927---1599
198471716234491544130214---1473
198574117139452044427515---1534
198669814631331963830523---1470
198793420119422484729929---1819
198872816631332136223315---1481
198976015341252174827122---1537
199070414726331944819921---1372
199170218228392185727021---1517
199380916733522434721639---1606
19941594315608842579382472--2992
1996164130260753508433854---2904
19981568304465839479328541--2832
2000152430660604047732561---2817
20021432312521214147826888---2765
200414663208099403115266621--2812
20062322440901487151404961554--4510
20081003211537433657227602--2023
20109172343314531993235653--2044
20129122264010435770210541--1974
201412302734010446090263762--2538
201613213455711857476284893--2867
20181134259538444581242482--2348
202117763651042659938831511835-4032
20221599347901847731012781643413544
2024146031961168796902921136223309
Total367277750161827961168322771106117403311375699

See also

Other Core: evwork, hrs1, hrs2, id(), occ, prestige, wrkgovt, wrkslf, year()

Other Employment: hrs1, hrs2

Other Labor Force Status: evwork, hrs1, hrs2