| CASE IDENTIFICATION AND YEAR |
| year |
gss year for this respondent |
| id |
respondent id number |
| RESPONDENT BACKGROUND VARIABLES |
| Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity |
| age |
age of respondent |
| sex |
respondents sex |
| race |
race of respondent |
| racecen1 |
what is r's race 1st mention |
| racecen2 |
what is r's race 2nd mention |
| racecen3 |
what is r's race 3rd mention |
| hispanic |
hispanic specified |
| ethnic |
country of family origin |
| eth1 |
1st mentioned country of origin |
| eth2 |
2nd mentioned country of origin |
| eth3 |
3rd mentioned country of origin |
| ethnum |
type of response about ethnicity:r |
| spethnic |
country of spouse's family origin |
| speth1 |
1st mentioned country of spouse's origin |
| speth2 |
2nd mentioned country of spouse's origin |
| speth3 |
3rd mentioned country of spouse's origin |
| spethnum |
type of response about ethnicity:sp |
| racesee |
observed race |
| racedbtf |
certainty of observed race |
| raceself |
r's own racial id |
| difrace1 |
why observation disagrees self id |
| difrace2 |
why observation disagrees self id |
| difrace3 |
why observation disagrees self id |
| uscitzn |
is r us citizen |
| fucitzn |
is r planning/appling for us citizenship or not |
| Education |
| educ |
highest year of school completed |
| paeduc |
highest year school completed, father |
| maeduc |
highest year school completed, mother |
| speduc |
highest year school completed, spouse |
| degree |
r's highest degree |
| padeg |
father's highest degree |
| madeg |
mothers highest degree |
| spdeg |
spouse's highest degree |
| major1 |
college major 1 |
| major2 |
college major 2 |
| voedcol |
non-college postsecondary education (voednme1) |
| dipged |
diploma, ged, or other |
| spdipged |
spouse diploma, ged, or other |
| whenhs |
when received hs degree |
| whencol |
when received college degree |
| Happiness of Relationship with Partner |
| hapcohab |
happiness of relt with partner |
| Convicted of Crime, Jail/Prison |
| convictd |
convicted of crime ever |
| lockedup |
prison or jail ever |
| Military Service |
| vetyears |
years in armed forces |
| vetkind |
branch of service |
| Respondent and Spouse Work Week |
| workdy |
days r normally works |
| workhr |
hours r usually works |
| spdays |
days spouse normally works |
| sphour |
hours spouse usually works |
| Respondent's Dwelling |
| dwelling |
type of structure |
| dwelngh |
dwelling compared to others in nbrhd |
| dwelcity |
dwelling compared to others in city |
| dwelown |
does r own or rent home? |
| Word Association |
| worda |
word a |
| wordb |
word b |
| wordc |
word c |
| wordd |
word d |
| worde |
word e |
| wordf |
word f |
| wordg |
word g |
| wordh |
word h |
| wordi |
word i |
| wordj |
word j |
| wordsum |
number words correct in vocabulary test |
| R's Activities |
| godoc |
last week went to see a doctor? |
| eatout |
last week had a meal at a restaurant |
| seefilm |
last week went to see a film? |
| Religious Attendance and Identity |
| attrelig |
last week attended religious services? |
| numdays |
number of days attended religious services |
| sunday |
attended religious services last sunday |
| monday |
attended religious services last monday |
| tuesday |
attended religious services last tuesday |
| wednesdy |
attended religious services last wednesday |
| thursday |
attended religious services last thursday |
| friday |
attended religious services last friday |
| saturday |
attended religious services last saturday |
| attreg |
last 7 days attend a worship service |
| mediarel |
watch a religious program on television-radio? |
| othrel |
attend some other type of religious event |
| othrel1 |
what type of religious events or meetings |
| othrel2 |
what type of religious events or meetings |
| othrel3 |
what type of religious events or meetings |
| attweek |
attend religious events during the last week |
| religid |
r's religious identity |
| relid1 |
protestant identification 1st mention |
| relid2 |
protestant identification 2nd mention |
| relid3 |
protestant identification 3rd mention |
| relidbst |
protestant identification best group |
| cathid |
if catholic what identity |
| charisma |
is r associated with charismatic movement |
| relate1 |
relationship of 1st person to household head |
| gender1 |
gender of 1st person |
| old1 |
age of 1st person |
| mar1 |
marital status of 1st person |
| away1 |
is 1st person staying somewhere else now? |
| where1 |
where is 1st person staying? |
| 2012 Core: Jewish Identity |
| jewaj |
what sort of jew r is |
| jew16aj |
what sort of jew r was at age 16 |
| spjewaj |
what sort of jew is r's spouse currently |
| Respondent's Household Composition |
| relate2 |
relationship of 2nd person to household head |
| gender2 |
gender of 2nd person |
| old2 |
age of 2nd person |
| mar2 |
marital status of 2nd person |
| away2 |
is 2nd person staying somewhere else now? |
| where2 |
where is 2nd person staying? |
| relate3 |
relationship of 3rd person to household head |
| gender3 |
gender of 3rd person |
| old3 |
age of 3rd person |
| mar3 |
marital status of 3rd person |
| away3 |
is 3rd person staying somewhere else now? |
| where3 |
where is 3rd person staying? |
| relate4 |
relationship of 4th person to household head |
| gender4 |
gender of 4th person |
| old4 |
age of 4th person |
| mar4 |
marital status of 4th person |
| away4 |
is 4th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where4 |
where is 4th person staying? |
| relate5 |
relationship of 5th person to household head |
| gender5 |
gender of 5th person |
| old5 |
age of 5th person |
| mar5 |
marital status of 5th person |
| away5 |
is 5th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where5 |
where is 5th person staying? |
| relate6 |
relationship of 6th person to household head |
| gender6 |
gender of 6th person |
| old6 |
age of 6th person |
| mar6 |
marital status of 6th person |
| away6 |
is 6th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where6 |
where is 6th person staying? |
| relate7 |
relationship of 7th person to household head |
| gender7 |
gender of 7th person |
| old7 |
age of 7th person |
| mar7 |
marital status of 7th person |
| away7 |
is 7th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where7 |
where is 7th person staying? |
| relate8 |
relationship of 8th person to household head |
| gender8 |
gender of 8th person |
| old8 |
age of 8th person |
| mar8 |
marital status of 8th person |
| away8 |
is 8th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where8 |
where is 8th person staying? |
| relate9 |
relationship of 9th person to household head |
| gender9 |
gender of 9th person |
| old9 |
age of 9th person |
| mar9 |
marital status of 9th person |
| away9 |
is 9th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where9 |
where is 9th person staying? |
| relate10 |
relationship of 10th person to household head |
| gender10 |
gender of 10th person |
| old10 |
age of 1oth person |
| mar10 |
marital status of 10th person |
| away10 |
is 10th person staying somewhere else now? |
| where10 |
where is 1oth person staying? |
| relate11 |
relation of 11th person (visitor) to head |
| gender11 |
gender of 11th person (visitor) |
| old11 |
age of 11th person (visitor) |
| mar11 |
marital status of 11th person (visitor) |
| away11 |
is 11th person (visitor) staying elsewhere now? |
| where11 |
where is 11th person (visitor) staying? |
| relate12 |
relation of 12th person (visitor) to head |
| gender12 |
gender of 12th person (visitor) |
| old12 |
age of 12th person (visitor) |
| mar12 |
marital status of 12th person (visitor) |
| away12 |
is 12th person (visitor) staying elsewhere now? |
| where12 |
where is 12th person (visitor) staying? |
| relate13 |
relation of 13th person (visitor) to head |
| gender13 |
gender of 13th person (visitor) |
| old13 |
age of 13th person (visitor) |
| mar13 |
marital status of 13th person (visitor) |
| away13 |
is 13th person (visitor) staying elsewhere now? |
| where13 |
where is 13th person (visitor) staying? |
| relate14 |
relation of 14th person (visitor) to head |
| gender14 |
gender of 14th person (visitor) |
| old14 |
age of 14th person (visitor) |
| mar14 |
marital status of 14th person (visitor) |
| away14 |
is 14th person (visitor) staying elsewhere now? |
| where14 |
where is 14th person (visitor) staying? |
| relhhd1 |
relation of 1st person to household head |
| relhhd2 |
relation of 2nd person to household head |
| relhhd3 |
relation of 3rd person to household head |
| relhhd4 |
relation of 4th person to household head |
| relhhd5 |
relation of 5th person to household head |
| relhhd6 |
relation of 6th person to household head |
| relhhd7 |
relation of 7th person to household head |
| relhhd8 |
relation of 8th person to household head |
| relhhd9 |
relation of 9th person to household head |
| relhhd10 |
relation of 1oth person to household head |
| relhhd11 |
relation of 11th person (visitor) to head |
| relhhd12 |
relation of 12th person (visitor) to head |
| relhhd13 |
relation of 13th person (visitor) to head |
| relhhd14 |
relation of 14th person (visitor) to head |
| hefinfo |
number of hef informant |
| hhrace |
race of household |
| respnum |
number in family of r |
| hhtype |
household type |
| hhtype1 |
household type (condensed) |
| famgen |
number of family generations in household |
| rplace |
r's relationship to household head |
| rvisitor |
is r a visitor? |
| visitors |
number of visitor's in household |
| relhh1 |
relationship of person 1 to head of household |
| relhh2 |
relationship of person 2 to head of household |
| relhh3 |
relationship of person 3 to head of household |
| relhh4 |
relationship of person 4 to head of household |
| relhh5 |
relationship of person 5 to head of household |
| relhh6 |
relationship of person 6 to head of household |
| relhh7 |
relationship of person 7 to head of household |
| relhh8 |
relationship of person 8 to head of household |
| relhh9 |
relationship of person 9 to head of household |
| relhh10 |
relationship of person 10 to head of household |
| relhh11 |
relationship of person 11 to head of household |
| relhh12 |
relationship of person 12 to head of household |
| relhh13 |
relationship of person 13 to head of household |
| relhh14 |
relationship of person 14 to head of household |
| relsp1 |
relationship of person 1 to spouse of househol |
| relsp2 |
relationship of person 2 to spouse of househol |
| relsp3 |
relationship of person 3 to spouse of househol |
| relsp4 |
relationship of person 4 to spouse of househol |
| relsp5 |
relationship of person 5 to spouse of househol |
| relsp6 |
relationship of person 6 to spouse of househol |
| relsp7 |
relationship of person 7 to spouse of househol |
| relsp8 |
relationship of person 8 to spouse of househol |
| relsp9 |
relationship of person 9 to spouse of househol |
| relsp10 |
relationship of person 10 to spouse of househo |
| relsp11 |
relationship of person 11 to spouse of househo |
| relsp12 |
relationship of person 12 to spouse of househo |
| relsp13 |
relationship of person 13 to spouse of househo |
| relsp14 |
relationship of person 14 to spouse of househo |
| dateintv |
date of interview |
| Socio-Economic and Status Indicators |
| isco68 |
respondent's occupation, 1970 census |
| paisco68 |
r's father's occupation, 1970 census |
| spisco68 |
r's spouse's occupation, 1970 census |
| isco681 |
respondent's occupation, 1980 census |
| paisc681 |
r's father's occupation, 1980 census |
| maisc681 |
r's mothers occupation, 1980 census |
| spisc681 |
r's spouse's occupation, 1980 census |
| isco88 |
respondent's occupation, 1980 census & 1988 isco code |
| paisco88 |
r's father's occupation, 1980 census & 1988 isco code |
| maisco88 |
r's mothers occupation, 1980 census & 1988 isco code |
| spisco88 |
r's spouse's occupation, 1980 census & 1988 isco code |
| spisco08 |
r's mothers occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco code |
| sei |
respondent socioeconomic index (1980) |
| firstsei |
r's socioeconomic index of 1st occupation (1980) |
| sei10 |
r's socioeconomic index (2010) |
| sei10educ |
percentage of some college educ in occ10 based on acs 2010 |
| sei10inc |
percentage of $45k+ earners in occ10 based on acs 2010 |
| pasei |
r's father's socioeconomic index (1980) |
| masei |
r's mothers socioeconomic index (1980) |
| spsei |
r's spouse's socioeconomic index (1980) |
| spsei10 |
r's spouse's socioeconomic index (2010) |
| spsei10educ |
percentage of some college educ in spocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| spsei10inc |
percentage of $45k+ earners in spocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| isco08 |
respondent's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco code |
| indstatus |
indus10 coding status |
| indtag |
indus10 coding tag |
| occindv |
r's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| occstatus |
occ10 coding status |
| occtag |
occ10 coding tag |
| prestg10 |
r's occupational prestige score (2010) |
| prestg105plus |
r's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| Other Respondent Background Variables |
| cohort |
year of birth |
| marcohrt |
year of first marriage |
| birthmo |
month in which r was born |
| zodiac |
respondents astrological sign |
| PERSONAL AND FAMILY INFORMATION |
| Marital Status |
| marital |
marital status |
| agewed |
age when first married |
| divorce |
ever been divorced or separated |
| widowed |
ever been widowed |
| Respondent's Employment |
| wrkstat |
labor force status |
| hrs1 |
number of hours worked last week |
| hrs2 |
number of hours usually work a week |
| evwork |
ever work as long as one year |
| occ |
r's census occupation code (1970) |
| prestige |
r's occupational prestige score(1970) |
| wrkslf |
r self-emp or works for somebody |
| wrkgovt |
govt or private employee |
| commute |
travel time to work |
| industry |
r's industry code (1970) |
| occ80 |
r's census occupation code (1980) |
| prestg80 |
r's occupational prestige score(1980) |
| indus80 |
r's industry code (1980) |
| occ10 |
r's census occupation code (2010) |
| indus10 |
r's industry code (naics 2007) |
| Spouse's Employment |
| spwrksta |
spouse labor force status |
| sphrs1 |
number of hrs spouse worked last week |
| sphrs2 |
no. of hrs spouse usually works a week |
| spevwork |
spouse ever work as long as a year |
| spocc |
spouse census occupation code (1970) |
| spocc80 |
spouse census occupation code (1980) |
| spocc10 |
spouse census occupation code (2010) |
| spoccindv |
spouse's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| spoccstatus |
spocc10 coding status |
| spocctag |
spocc10 coding tag |
| sppres |
spouse's occupational prestige score (1970) |
| sppres80 |
spouse's occupational prestige score (1980) |
| sppres10 |
spouse occupational prestige score (2010) |
| sppres105plus |
spouse occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| spwrkslf |
spouse self-emp. or works for somebody |
| spind |
spouse's industry code (1970) |
| spind80 |
spouse's industry code (1980) |
| spind10 |
spouse's industry code (naics 2007) |
| spindstatus |
spind10 coding status |
| spindtag |
spind10 coding tag |
| Father's Employment |
| paocc16 |
father's census occupation code (1970) |
| papres16 |
father's occupational prestige score (1970) |
| pawrkslf |
father self-emp. or worked for somebody |
| paind16 |
father's industry code (1970) |
| paocc80 |
father's census occupation code (1980) |
| papres80 |
father's occupational prestige score (1980) |
| paind80 |
father's industry code (1980) |
| paocc10 |
father's census occupation code (2010) |
| paind10 |
father's industry code (naics 2007) |
| paindstatus |
paind10 coding status |
| paindtag |
paind10 coding tag |
| paisco08 |
r's father's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco code |
| paoccindv |
father's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| paoccstatus |
paocc10 coding status |
| paocctag |
paocc10 coding tag |
| papres10 |
father's occupational prestige score (2010) |
| papres105plus |
father's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| pasei10 |
r's father's socioeconomic index (2010) |
| pasei10educ |
percentage of some college educ in paocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| pasei10inc |
percentage of $45k+ earners in paocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| Mother's Employment |
| maocc80 |
mothers census occupation code (1980) |
| mapres80 |
mothers occupational prestige score (1980) |
| mawrkslf |
mother self-emp. or worked for somebody |
| maind80 |
mothers industry code (1980) |
| maocc10 |
mothers census occupation code (2010) |
| maind10 |
mothers industry code (naics 2007) |
| maindstatus |
maind10 coding status |
| maindtag |
maind10 coding tag |
| maisco08 |
r's spouse's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco code |
| maoccindv |
mothers occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| maoccstatus |
maocc10 coding status |
| maocctag |
maocc10 coding tag |
| mapres10 |
mothers occupational prestige score (2010) |
| mapres105plus |
mothers occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| marcohab |
cohabitation status |
| masei10 |
r's mother's socioeconomic index (2010) |
| masei10educ |
percentage of some college educ in maocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| masei10inc |
percentage of $45k+ earners in maocc10 based on acs 2010 |
| Family Composition |
| sibs |
number of brothers and sisters |
| childs |
number of children |
| agekdbrn |
r's age when 1st child born |
| Respondent's Background and Childhood |
| res16 |
type of place lived in when 16 yrs old |
| reg16 |
region of residence, age 16 |
| mobile16 |
geographic mobility since age 16 |
| family16 |
living with parents when 16 yrs old |
| family16y |
living with parents when 16 yrs old |
| famdif16 |
reason not living with parents |
| mawork |
mothers employment since marriage |
| mawkbaby |
mothers employment before first grade |
| mawkborn |
mothers employment after r was born |
| mawk16 |
mothers employment when r growing up |
| mawrkgrw |
mothers employment when r was 16 |
| incom16 |
r's family income when 16 yrs old |
| born |
was r born in this country |
| parborn |
were r's parents born in this country |
| granborn |
how many grandparents born outside u.s. |
| Respondent's Current Household Composition |
| hompop |
number of persons in household |
| babies |
household members less than 6 yrs old |
| preteen |
household members 6 thru 12 yrs old |
| teens |
household members 13 thru 17 yrs old |
| adults |
household members 18 yrs and older |
| unrelat |
number in household not related |
| Income |
| earnrs |
how many in family earned money |
| income |
total family income |
| rincome |
respondents income |
| coninc |
family income in constant dollars |
| conrinc |
respondent income in constant dollars |
| income72 |
total family income |
| income77 |
total family income |
| rincom77 |
respondents income |
| income82 |
total family income |
| rincom82 |
respondents income |
| income86 |
total family income |
| rincom86 |
respondents income |
| income91 |
total family income |
| rincom91 |
respondents income |
| income98 |
total family income |
| rincom98 |
respondents income |
| income06 |
total family income |
| rincom06 |
respondents income |
| income16 |
total family income |
| rincom16 |
respondents income |
| weekswrk |
weeks r worked last year |
| partfull |
was r's work part-time or full-time? |
| Demographic Variables |
| region |
region of interview |
| xnorcsiz |
expanded norc size code |
| srcbelt |
src beltcode |
| size |
size of place in 1000s |
| Respondent's Occupational Indices (Dot Codes) |
| dotdata |
d.o.t. code - relation to data |
| dotpeop |
d.o.t. code - relation to people |
| dotthng |
d.o.t. code - relation to things |
| dotged |
d.o.t. code - general educ develop. |
| dotsvp |
d.o.t. code - specific vocat. prep |
| dotpres |
temme prestige scale |
| Spouse's Occupational Indices |
| spdotdat |
sp. d.o.t. code - relation to data |
| spdotpeo |
sp. d.o.t. code - relation to people |
| spdotthn |
sp. d.o.t. code - relation to things |
| spdotged |
sp. d.o.t. code - general educ develop. |
| spdotsvp |
sp. d.o.t. code - specific vocat. prep |
| spdotpre |
sp. temme prestige scale |
| Father's Occupational Indices |
| padotdat |
fa. d.o.t. code - relation to data |
| padotpeo |
fa. d.o.t. code - relation to people |
| padotthn |
fa. d.o.t. code - relation to things |
| padotged |
fa. d.o.t. code - general educ develop. |
| padotsvp |
fa. d.o.t. code - specific vocat. prep |
| padotpre |
fa. temme prestige scale |