GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

Why job abolished or laid off.

Thinking about your last job, in which of these groups did your 
earnings from all sources for this job fall? that is, before taxes or 
other deductions.

In what country were you born?

If you were born outside US, what age were you when you permanently 
moved to the US?

Do you hold a special visa?

What kind of visa?

In which country did you obtain your highest degree?

Do you receive health insurance from your employer?

Name of Insurance or HMO.

Other name for insurance or HMO policy?

Since the age of 18, have your sex partners been:

At about what age were you when you first told someone that you had 
sex with someone of the same sex?

At about what age were you first sexually attracted to someone of the 
same sex?

At about what age were you when you first told someone that you were 
(gay[IF MALE]/lesbian[IF FEMALE]/bisexual)?

Which of the following best describes your current relationship 
situation?

What is your current legal marital status?

What is the sex of your (spouse/civil union partner/domestic 
partner)?

Have you ever (given birth to [IF FEMALE]/fathered [IF MALE]) a 
child?

Have you ever legally adopted a child?

Have any children who at the time were under age 18 ever lived with 
you under your care and responsibility?

Are you currently the legally responsible biological or adoptive 
parent of a child under age 18?

Are your biological or adopted children under age 18 living with you 
now at least some of the time?

Right now are you living in a household where any children under 18 
are living with you at least some of the time and are under your care 
and responsibility?

Some people are very open about their sexual orientation while others 
are not. About how many  of your coworkers know that you (are gay[IF 
MALE]/are lesbian[IF FEMALE]/are bisexual/have sex with men[IF 
MALE]/have sex with women[IF FEMALE])?

Have you ever in your life been denied a job or been fired from a job 
because an employer believed you were gay, lesbian, or bisexual?

In the last five years, have you been denied a job or been fired from 
a job because an employer believed you were gay, lesbian, or 
bisexual?

Have you ever in your life been denied a promotion or received a 
negative job evaluation because an employer believed you were gay, 
lesbian, or bisexual?

In the last five years, have you been denied a promotion or received 
a negative job evaluation because an employer believed you were gay, 
lesbian, or bisexual?

Have you ever in your life been harassed verbally or in writing on 
the job by a co-worker, supervisor, or boss because you were believed 
to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual?

In the last five years, have you been harassed verbally or in writing 
on the job by a co-worker, supervisor, or boss because you were 
believed to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual?

Have you ever in your life been prevented from buying or moving into 
a house or apartment or been Forced to move because a landlord or 
realtor believed you were gay, lesbian, or bisexual?