| 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, first mention |
| racecen2 |
What is R's race, second mention |
| racecen3 |
What is R's race, third mention |
| racecen1_0022 |
What is R's race, first mention |
| racecen2 |
What is R's race, second mention |
| racecen2_0022 |
What is R's race, second mention |
| racecen3 |
What is R's race, third mention |
| racecen3_0022 |
What is R's race, third mention |
| hispanic |
R Hispanic Specific |
| hispanic_0022 |
R Hispanic Specific |
| 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 |
| Citizenship |
| uscitzn |
If not born in US, is R a US citizen |
| uscitzn_0822 |
If not born in US, is R a 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 (or oldest same-sex parent) |
| maeduc |
Highest year school completed, mother (or youngest same-sex parent) |
| speduc |
Highest year school completed, spouse |
| degree |
R's highest degree |
| padeg |
Father's (or oldest same-sex parent's) highest degree |
| madeg |
Mother's (or youngest same-sex parent's) highest degree |
| spdeg |
Spouse's highest degree |
| major1 |
College major 1 |
| major2 |
College major 2 |
| voedcol |
Non-college postsecondary education (VOEDNME1) |
| voedncol |
Non-college postsecondary education (VOEDNME2) |
| voednme1 |
Postsecondary institution attended for credit |
| voednme2 |
Postsecondary institution attended for credit |
| dipged |
Diploma, ged, or other |
| spdipged |
Spouse diploma, ged, or other |
| whenhs |
When received hs degree |
| whencol |
When received college degree |
| sector |
Type of college respondent attended |
| spsector |
Type of college spouse attended |
| spbarate |
Rate of BA degree earning in college spouse attended |
| speftotlt |
Total number of students enrolled in college spouse attended |
| spgradtounder |
Ratio of graduate students to undergraduate students in college spouse attended |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| indus07 |
Industry code based on NAICS 2007 |
| occonet |
Occupation code based on O*Net |
| 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 (or oldest same-sex parent) 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 (or youngest same-sex parent) 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 siblings (including step- and adopted) |
| sibs_7222 |
Number of siblings (including step- and adopted) |
| childs |
Number of children |
| childsinhh |
TOTAL CHILDREN IN HH (HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION VERSION) |
| 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 |
| family16sex |
Sex of two parents living with when 16 yrs old |
| famdif16 |
Reason not living with parents |
| famdif16y |
Which of the following best describes your situation? |
| 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 |
Did mother (or youngest same-sex parent) ever work for pay for as long as a year |
| pawrkgrw |
Did father (or oldest same-sex parent) ever work for pay for as long as a year w |
| 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 (Household Roster) |
| unrelat |
Number in household not related |
| Income |
| earnrs |
How many in family earned money? |
| earnrs_7222 |
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 |