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Spouse self-emp. or works for somebody
Variable: spwrkslf
Module:
Core
Subject:
Job
,
Occupation
,
Work
Related Variables
misswork absent discaff discaffy jobaff rdiscaff rimmdisc bosswrks layoffs wkcomptr wocomptr curempyr ftwork ftwork1 rageemp rdk rexpernc rfamresp payfam reducemp payeduc yearval rdowell paydojob rpaysame ryrsfirm paytime wantjob engda engson engresp engdo englone engdgr enggood engfun engprob engodd engbtr engrel engint engearn engbrng engnring numown yearbiz paidemps owninc whybiz numemps5 lastyrwk work3yrs spvtrfair harsexjb mykids findnwjb emphlth emphplan emphlth1 emphlth2 othplan hlthtype howpaid hourly daily weekly monthly yearly flextime flexhrs hlpoths jobinc jobpay inclstjb hiinc wrkindp intjob jobsec jobkeep losejb12 secjob jobpromo jobrise promotn jobhonor jobmeans jobhour leisure hlpsoc parleave hurtatwk jobinfo jobpaper jobpub jobcowrk jobcntct jobfrnds jobplace jobtvrad jobonwww trynewjb whyleave leavejob lostjobs moretrde ntwkhard numemp raiseall raisehrd raisefav wkbonus extrapay compperf deptperf indperf extr2001 extraval extrayr extr2005 evlosejb negjob5 cowrkhrd talkemp talksup donothng iwrkhard newjobs jobeasy replaceu fringe1 fringe2 fringe3 fringe4 fringe5 fringe6 fringe7 fringe8 fringe9 fringe10 fringe11 fringeok learnjob prodctiv lotofsay difstand wrktime rflexhrs rptprobs evharjb harjob5 rhlpoths rhlpsoc paychnge rhiinc wkfreedm rwrkindp rintjob knowschd rleisure condemnd toofewwk rpromotn dailywrk othcredt putdown lackinfo perspace physharm actupset shout hotargus lookaway overwork knowwhat pastpay reliedon learnnew workfast secondwk jobsecok gdjobsec rsecjob toldwork myskills wksmooth strredpg stress12 stress respect treatres lastjob usetech workdiff skipwork jobvshme refpromo refmorwk refxhour workless noathome nonurse nohmewrk jbintfam famintjb meetf2f1 meetf2f2 promteok promtefr samework siteyrs cowrkrel cowrkint cowrkhlp seecowrk intlcowk cowrkers localnum wksub unmanrel trustman supcares suphelp manvsemp wkpraise bossemps youmoney totmoney monitred planwrk jobcntrl lottosay setthngs idecide wkdecide orgmoney supduty1 supduty2 supduty3 supduty4 supduty5 supduty6 supduty7 othduty1 othduty2 othduty3 othduty4 othduty5 othduty6 othduty7 handmove hvylift levels automatn autonojb yousup partteam supothrs jobjudge offsup totsup satjob wktopsat satjob1 satjob7 jobsat genderwk orgsize numorg totalnum ownstock stockval stockops ops2005 esop trdestck typeorg wrkoth partorg othyrs hlpequip haveinfo baseofop boredom wkcontct danger denyrais wherewrk eharaswk xhaustn ignorwk jokeswk findout liedcwkr phyeffrt physwrk rudewk rumorwk safetywk safefrst teamsafe safehlth wkbhvrs unhlthy unpleznt wrksched othhrs workdy chngtme famwkoff sethours timeoff hrsmoney wantjob1 occyrs locyrs yearsjob trainsch firstjob firstslf datefrst numsites placewrk imatter helporg notloyal stayorg1 samevals proudorg stayorg2 noticed chngeorg proudemp whyjbct1 whyjbct2 whynojb1 whynojb2 leavejb moonlite otherwrk schoolng training learning exptrain edcskill opdevel trainops jobskill useskill newjob wksup supervis supnum occtrain otjtrain feless1 feless2 feless3 accntsci farming journlsm fireftng marrcoun medtreat architct lawenfrc slsmnshp cmprgmng finlcoun scientre scientwk scientmo scientbr wrkslf pawrkslf mawrkslf kdwrkslf sbwrkslf formltrn formlfin formldys formlhrs doingtrn doingfin doingdys emptrain jbtrain discaffm discaffw fehire splocnum sphrs1 sphrs2 spdays sphour techjobs techwork wktenure empself smallbig indusoth privgovt worryjob kdocc80 kdpres80 kdind80 occmobil wkfambiz paocc16 papres16 paind16 paocc80 papres80 paind80 paocc10 paind10 pajob paslf pasup paisco68 paisc681 paisco88 pasei occfirst presfrst wrkslfst indfirst socid1 socid2 socid3 payclerk givclerk paybus givbus paycabnt givcabnt payexec givexec paydoc givdoc payfarm givfarm paylaw givlaw paymason givmason payfctry givfctry paysales givsales paysec givsec ownbiz payowner givowner payskill givskill payjudge givjudge payunskl givunskl payrocc givrocc maocc80 mapres80 maind80 maocc10 maind10 maisc681 maisco88 masei yrsfirm dowell expernc paysame ageemp sexemp famresp educemp occ prestige wrkgovt commute industry occ80 prestg80 indus80 occ10 indus10 fambiz lastslf isco68 isco681 isco88 sei sbocc80 sbpres80 sbind80 spocc sppres spind spocc80 sppres80 spind80 spocc10 spind10 spisco68 spisc681 spisco88 spsei sphedocc sphedpre sphedslf sphedind helporg1 prideorg chngwork stayorg3 proudwrk wrkwell wrkmuch balwkfam tiredhme jobvsfam tiredwrk buyvalue worknow defpensn wkageism wkracism wksexism wkharsex wkharoth sexhar selfemp2 getahead getaheay jobfind jobfind1 compwage hrs1 hrs2 wrkindep lastwkmo lastwkyr moredays mustwork workfor wkrspns waypaid weekswrk workhr wksubs wksups quantity quality talkteam empinput slfmangd skltrain wrkhome whywkhme impjob wrkearn wrkenjoy wrkimp joblose unjobsec selfemp1 rimpskls worklife timehome strsshme timework strsswrk famvswrk jobvsfa1 famvswk1 unbetter wealth wkkidscl wkyngscl wkkidscs wkyngscs richwork spwknokd spwkbaby spwrksch spwkgrwn more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

A. What kind of work (does/did) your [SPOUSE] normally do? That is, what (is/was) (his/her) job called?
OCCUPATION: [See REMARKS]
B. What (does/did) [SPOUSE] actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of (his/her) main duties?
C. What kind of place (does/did) [SPOUSE] work for?
INDUSTRY: [See REMARKS]
D. What (do/did) they (make/do)?
E. (Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed or (does/did) (he/she) work for someone else?

Year Availability
Available in 32 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Self-employed
2 Someone else
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
120 119 109 104 101 100 118 96 106 128 111 126 116 124 103 122 95 91 122 191 205 188 153 172 211 236 118 97 105 130 149 114
905 844 851 807 780 790 758 729 810 765 673 699 652 737 630 660 582 670 693 1274 1115 1092 1032 1042 1182 1788 818 751 743 968 1015 845
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 2 3 0 0 0
8 4 0 7 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 0 2 8 4 18 9 7 9 6 20 24 23 3 12 16 10 7 2 6 11 11
580 537 524 572 613 639 654 640 940 705 687 709 700 950 742 735 684 748 781 1521 1563 1527 1608 1547 1406 2465 1077 1187 1121 1434 1692 1378
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 30921
Missing cases 31545