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Variable
|
Question Text |
Any opp. race living close to r |
Are there any (“whites” for black respondents, “blacks” for non-black respondents) living in this neighborhood now? A. Are there any (Negro/Black/African-American) families living close to you? |
Gss year for this respondent |
N/A |
Age of respondent |
RESPONDENT'S AGE |
Subjective class identification |
A. If you were asked to use one of four names for your social class, which would you say you belong in: the lower class, the working class, the middle class, or the upper class? |
Rs highest degree |
RESPONDENT'S DEGREE |
Condition of health |
Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor? |
Marital status |
Are you currently--married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? |
Political party affiliation |
Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what? |
Race of respondent |
CODE WITHOUT ASKING ONLY IF THERE IS NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND. What race do you consider yourself? RECORD VERBATIM AND CODE. |
Region of interview |
A. REGION OF INTERVIEW |
Respondents sex |
CODE RESPONDENT'S SEX |
Labor force status |
Last week were you working full time, part time, going to school, keeping house, or what? |
1 Prior to 1978, this item was asked of non-blacks only. To produce a consistent time series, the GSS variable RACCLOS was recoded in two ways. This visualization has had responses from black respondents screened out for all years. The second visualization has all respondent data for all available data years since 1978. Except in 1987 those answering No or Don't Know to the question RACLIVE were filtered out of the RACCLOS item. To construct a consistent time series the 1987 questions were screened as in other years. (*)
2 The default weight WTSSALL was applied for all years. Oversampled black respondents (SAMPLE=4,5,7) were excluded to adjust for the oversampling procedures in 1982 and 1987. If performing in-depth or focused analyses, other weights may apply.
1 The GSS variable AGE was recoded to produce this visualization. Age was recoded into four age categories: 18-34, 35-49, 50-64, and 65+.
1 The response "No class (vol.)" was excluded from this breakdown.
1 The GSS variable DEGREE was recoded to produce this visualization. Response categories (2) Associate/Junior college, (3) Bachelor’s, and (4) Graduate have been collapsed into "College +."
1 The GSS variable PARTYID was recoded to produce this visualization. PARTYID was recoded into four categories: (0)-(1) Democrat; (2)-(4),(7) Independent, Other; and (5)-(6) Republican. See GSS Methodological Report No. 56 for more information.
1 If planning to perform trend analysis with the variable RACE, see GSS Methodological Report No. 56.
2 Interviewers were instructed to code RACE without asking only if there was no doubt. From 2002 onwards, this item is imputed based on RACECEN1,23; ETHNIC, ETH1,2,3; and HISPANIC. See the GSS Cumulative Codebook for more information.
1 The GSS variable REGION was recoded to produce this visualization. REGION was recoded into four categories: (1)-(2) Northeast; (3)-(4) Midwest; (5)-(7) South; (8)-(9) West. These are in alignment with the Census regional groupings.
1 If planning to perform trend analysis with the variable SEX, see GSS Methodological Report No. 56.
1 The GSS variable WRKSTAT was recoded to produce this visualization. WRKSTAT was recoded into three categories: (1)-(3) Employed, (4) Unemployed, and (5)-(8) Not in labor force/Other. This is in alignment with the Bureau of Labor Statistic's labor force definitions.
2 If planning to perform trend analysis with the variable WRKSTAT, see GSS Methodological Report No. 56.