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Bad marriage better than none at all (agree/disagree)

Gender & Marriage

Children & Working
  • Number of children*
  • Working mom can have as good relationship with child as non-working mother (agree/disagree)
  • Better for man to work and woman to stay home (agree/disagree)
  • Preschool kids suffer if mother works (agree/disagree)
  • Approve or disapprove of married women working
  • Family life suffers because men focus too much on work (agree/disagree)
  • Single parents can raise kids as well as two parents (agree/disagree)
  • Agree or disagree that sometimes necessary to spank child
Marriage
  • People should live together before marriage (agree/disagree)
  • Should divorce be easier/more difficult to obtain
  • Ever been divorced or separated
  • Happiness of marriage
  • Bad marriage better than none at all (agree/disagree)
  • Does respondent have marital partner?
  • Favor law against racial intermarriage* (non-black respondents all years)
  • Favor law against racial intermarriage* (all races since 1978)
  • Ever been widowed
  • Should women work after marriage and before kids
Sex & Sexual Orientation
  • Is it wrong for same-sex adults to have sexual relations
  • Homosexuals should have right to marry (agree/disagree)
  • Should birth control be available to teens (14-16) if parents don't approve
  • Is it wrong to have sex before marriage - alternate wording
  • Is it wrong to have sex before marriage - original wording
  • Sexual orientation
  • Is it wrong for teens (14-16) to have sex before marriage
  • Is it wrong to have sex with person other than spouse
Life Satisfaction
  • General happiness
  • Is life exciting or dull?
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GSS VARIABLES
Variable
Question Text
marnomar
Bad marriage better than none at all

Do you agree or disagree? E. It is better to have a bad marriage than no marriage at all.

year
Gss year for this respondent

N/A

   
age
Age of respondent

RESPONDENT'S AGE

class
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?

degree
Rs highest degree

RESPONDENT'S DEGREE

health
Condition of health

Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor?

marital
Marital status

Are you currently--married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?

partyid
Political party affiliation

Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what?

race
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
Region of interview

A. REGION OF INTERVIEW

sex
Respondents sex

CODE RESPONDENT'S SEX

wrkstat
Labor force status

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

NOTES

1 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.

2 Beginning in 2004, the GSS began to use a two-stage sub-sampling design for nonresponse. To obtain weighted estimates adjusted for this non-response, users should use the WTSSNR weight in these years.

NOTES for Age°

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+.

NOTES for Subjective class identification

1 The response "No class (vol.)" was excluded from this breakdown.

NOTES for Highest degree°

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 +."

NOTES for Political affiliation°

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.

NOTES for Race

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.

NOTES for Region of interview°

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.

NOTES for Sex

1 If planning to perform trend analysis with the variable SEX, see GSS Methodological Report No. 56.

NOTES for Labor force status°

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.

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