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GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

prfmwhy8imp of specific individ performer in decision to attend perf
Text of this Question or Item 
How big a reason was wanting to see a specific, individual performer 
in your decision to attend this performance? Was it a major reason, a 
minor reason, or not a reason at all?  
Percent N Value Label
53.9 234 1 major reason
14.1 61 2 minor reason
30.2 131 3 not a reason
1.8 8 9


68,412 .i iap


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
prfmwhy9was there another major reason in decision to attend perf
Text of this Question or Item 
Was there some other major reason for your decision to attend that is 
not shown on the card?  
Percent N Value Label
17.6 75 1 yes
82.4 351 2 no


68,412 .i iap


8 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
nogoperf or exhibit r wanted to go to in past 12 months but did not
Text of this Question or Item 
During the last 12 months, was there a performance or exhibit that 
you wanted to go to but did not?
Percent N Value Label
42.0 616 1 yes
58.0 851 2 no


2 .d don't know


67,369 .i iap


8 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
nogo1performance or exhibit
Text of this Question or Item 
Was it a performance or an exhibit?
Percent N Value Label
69.6 429 1 performance
20.5 126 2 exhibit
9.9 61 3 both performance and exhibit


68,230 .i iap


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z

Private Business

brlawfldo private companies comply with regulations
Text of this Question or Item 
In general, how often do you think that major private companies in 
America do the following? 
Comply with laws and regulations?  Would you say...  
Percent N Value Label
21.6 290 1 almost always
29.2 392 2 often
38.2 513 3 sometimes
11.1 149 4 almost never


32 .d don't know


67,456 .i iap


14 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
brnotaxdo private companies avoid taxes
Text of this Question or Item 
(In general, how often do you think that major private companies in 
America do the following?
Try to avoid paying their taxes?  (Would you say...)  
Percent N Value Label
28.0 372 1 almost always
25.5 339 2 often
35.0 466 3 sometimes
11.5 153 4 almost never


45 .d don't know


67,456 .i iap


15 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z

Feelings During Past Week

cesd1how much time felt depressed in past wk
Text of this Question or Item 
[HAND CARD N1]
I will now read out a list of the ways you might have felt or behaved 
during the past week. Using this card, please tell me how much of the 
time during the past week...            
           
...you felt depressed?  
Percent N Value Label
67.1 646 1 none or almost none of the time
27.4 264 2 some of the time
3.3 32 3 most of the time
2.2 21 4 all or almost all of the time


3 .d don't know


67,867 .i iap


13 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cesd2how much time sleep was restless in past wk
Text of this Question or Item 
[HAND CARD N1]
(Using this card, please tell me how much of the time during the past 
week...)
...your sleep was restless?  
Percent N Value Label
30.7 296 1 none or almost none of the time
42.0 405 2 some of the time
17.7 171 3 most of the time
9.6 93 4 all or almost all of the time


1 .d don't know


67,867 .i iap


13 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cesd3how much time felt happy in past wk
Text of this Question or Item 
[HAND CARD N1]
(Using this card, please tell me how much of the time during the past 
week...)
...you were happy?  
Percent N Value Label
3.4 33 1 none or almost none of the time
21.4 207 2 some of the time
49.6 479 3 most of the time
25.6 247 4 all or almost all of the time


1 .d don't know


67,867 .i iap


12 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cesd4how much time felt lonely in past wk
Text of this Question or Item 
[HAND CARD N1]
(Using this card, please tell me how much of the time during the past 
week...)
...you felt lonely?  
Percent N Value Label
60.8 586 1 none or almost none of the time
29.8 287 2 some of the time
6.4 62 3 most of the time
3.0 29 4 all or almost all of the time


2 .d don't know


67,867 .i iap


13 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cesd5how much time felt sad in past wk
Text of this Question or Item 
[HAND CARD N1]
(Using this card, please tell me how much of the time during the past 
week...)
...you felt sad?  
Percent N Value Label
52.3 504 1 none or almost none of the time
40.9 394 2 some of the time
4.8 46 3 most of the time
2.1 20 4 all or almost all of the time


1 .d don't know


67,867 .i iap


14 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z

R's Partner

cobaraterate of ba degree earning at college partner attended
Text of this Question or Item 
In what year did your partner receive the (COLLEGE NAME) degree? 
K. Graduation Rate
Percent N Value Label
15.9 17 1 0-39.9%
23.4 25 2 40-57.9%
60.7 65 3 58% or over


68,738 .i iap


1 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
codegpartner's highest degree
Text of this Question or Item 
RESPONDENT'S PARTNER'S DEGREE
Percent N Value Label
14.4 255 0 less than high school
54.6 966 1 high school
7.3 129 2 associate/junior college
16.9 300 3 bachelor's
6.8 120 4 graduate


39 .d don't know


73,881 .i iap


6 .n no answer


3 .s skipped on web

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
codenpartner's denomination
Text of this Question or Item 
What is your (PARTNER'S) religious preference? Is it Protestant, 
Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? A. What 
specific denomination is that, if any? 
 As of 2024, CODEN has been recoded to only account for seven broad 
denomination categories. This has been retroactively applied to all 
previous years of CODEN. The original CODEN containing data from 2012 
to 2022 has been renamed CODEN_1222.
Percent N Value Label
38.8 195 1 baptist
7.2 36 2 methodist
8.0 40 3 lutheran
3.6 18 4 presbyterian
3.4 17 5 episcopal
12.7 64 6 other denomination
26.4 133 7 no denomination or non-denominational church


26 .d don't know


20,073 .i iap


8 .n no answer


2 .s skipped on web


55,087 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
codipgedpartner diploma, ged, or other
Text of this Question or Item 
Was that a diploma awarded by (RESPONDENT'S PARTNER)''s high school 
at graduation at the end of 12th grade, a GED awarded after 
(RESPONDENT''S PARTNER) took a test, or something else?
Percent N Value Label
86.5 453 1 high school diploma
12.6 66 2 ged
1.0 5 3 other
0.0 0 5 high school diploma after post high school class


2 .d don't know


61,937 .i iap


3 .n no answer


13,233 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coeduchighest year school completed, partner
Text of this Question or Item 
RESPONDENT'S PARTNER'S EDUCATION
Percent N Value Label
0.3 5 0 no formal schooling
0.0 0 1 1st grade
0.0 0 2 2nd grade
0.2 3 3 3rd grade
0.3 6 4 4th grade
0.1 2 5 5th grade
1.0 18 6 6th grade
0.6 11 7 7th grade
1.1 19 8 8th grade
2.1 37 9 9th grade
3.8 65 10 10th grade
4.9 84 11 11th grade
36.8 634 12 12th grade
7.3 126 13 1 year of college
11.5 198 14 2 years of college
4.1 71 15 3 years of college
16.7 287 16 4 years of college
2.8 48 17 5 years of college
3.5 60 18 6 years of college
0.9 16 19 7 years of college
1.8 31 20 8 or more years of college


65 .d don't know


73,881 .i iap


32 .n no answer

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coeftotlttotal number of students enrolled at college partner attended
Text of this Question or Item 
In what year did your partner receive the (COLLEGE NAME) degree? 
J. Total Fall Enrollment
Percent N Value Label
1.6 2 1 0-467 students enrolled
98.4 124 2 468 or more students


68,719 .i iap


1 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coevworkpartner ever work as long as a year
Text of this Question or Item 
Last week was your partner working full time, part time, going to 
school, keeping house, or what? C. IF RETIRED, IN SCHOOL, KEEPING 
HOUSE, OR OTHER: Did (he/she) ever work for as long as one year?
Percent N Value Label
80.9 313 1 yes
19.1 74 2 no


17 .d don't know


75,277 .i iap


16 .n no answer


2 .s skipped on web

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cofundhow fundamentalist is partner's current religion
Text of this Question or Item 
Fundamentalism/Liberalism of Partner's Religion

NOTE: See GSS Methodological Report No. 43. If planning to perform 
trend analysis with this variable, please consult GSS Methodological 
Report No. 56.
Percent N Value Label
14.7 240 1 fundamentalist
36.3 592 2 moderate
49.0 798 3 liberal


73,909 .i iap


158 .n no answer


2 .s skipped on web

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cogradtounderratio of graduate to undergraduate students at college partner attended
Text of this Question or Item 
In what year did your partner receive the (COLLEGE NAME) degree? 
L. Ratio of Graduate to Undergraduate students.
Percent N Value Label
39.0 39 1 0-.210 graduate student per undergraduate student
61.0 61 2 .211 or over


68,745 .i iap


1 .n no answer


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cohrs1number of hours partner worked last week
Text of this Question or Item 
Last week was your (partner) working full time, part time, going to 
school, keeping house, or what?
 A. IF WORKING, FULL OR PART TIME:  How many hours did (he/she) work 
last week, at all jobs?
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 0-89)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cohrs2no. of hours partner usually works a week
Text of this Question or Item 
Last week was your (partner) working full time, part time, going to 
school, keeping house, or what?
 B. IF WITH A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK: How many hours a week does 
(he/she) usually work, at all jobs?
Percent N Value Label
3.2 1 25
9.7 3 30
3.2 1 32
3.2 1 34
3.2 1 35
48.4 15 40
3.2 1 42
3.2 1 45
12.9 4 50
3.2 1 52
3.2 1 70
3.2 1 89 89+ hours


2 .d don't know


75,651 .i iap


14 .n no answer


1 .s skipped on web

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coind10partner's industry code (2010)
Text of this Question or Item 
Partner's Occupation, Prestige, and Industry
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 170-9,870)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coisco08partner's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco code
Text of this Question or Item 
Respondent's partner's occupation, 2010 census, and 2008 ISCO code
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 310-9,622)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cojewwhat sort of jew is r's partner currently
Text of this Question or Item 
Does (s/he) consider (her/himself) Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or 
none of these?
Percent N Value Label
0.0 0 1 orthodox
8.0 2 2 conservative
36.0 9 3 reform
52.0 13 4 none of these
4.0 1 5 other


2 .d don't know


72,359 .i iap


3 .n no answer


1 .s skipped on web


3,309 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
coocc10partner's census occupation code (2010)
Text of this Question or Item 
Partners Occupation, Prestige, and Industry

NOTE: COOCC10 and COIND10 are coded using the U.S. Bureau of the 
Census occupation (2010) and industry codes (NAICS 2007). The numbers 
are collapsed for convenience of display.
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 10-9830)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cootherother protestant denominations
Text of this Question or Item 
A. What specific denomination is that, if any?
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 12-214)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
copres10partner's occupational prestige score (2010)
Text of this Question or Item 
COPRES10 is based on the 2010 Census occupation classification. This 
standard prestige score is a simple mean value of ratings for each 
occupation category, converted to a scale of 0 (bottom) to 100 (top).
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 16-80)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
copres105pluspartner's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)
Text of this Question or Item 
COPRES105PLUS is based on the 2010 Census occupation classification. 
This prestige score is calculated using an alternative method, based 
on the percentage of ratings that is greater than or equal to a 
threshold (rating five). The effect of individual raters is also 
removed using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM).
Total Cases: 75,699 (Range of valid codes: 5-97)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
corelpartner's religious preference
Text of this Question or Item 
What is your (PARTNER'S) religious preference? Is it Protestant, 
Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?
Percent N Value Label
28.3 487 1 protestant
22.8 392 2 catholic
1.9 32 3 jewish
40.2 693 4 none
1.4 24 5 other
0.4 7 6 buddhism
0.2 3 7 hinduism
0.8 13 8 other eastern religions
0.3 6 9 muslim/islam
0.3 5 10 orthodox-christian
3.3 57 11 christian
0.2 3 12 native american
0.1 1 13 inter-nondenominational


62 .d don't know


73,896 .i iap


12 .n no answer


6 .s skipped on web

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
cosectortype of college partner attended
Text of this Question or Item 
In what year did your partner receive their (COLLEGE NAME) degree? 
I. Sector of Institution?
Percent N Value Label
0.0 0 0 administrative unit
49.6 63 1 public, 4-year or above
35.4 45 2 private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
3.9 5 3 private for-profit, 4-year or above
10.2 13 4 public, 2-year
0.0 0 5 private not-for-profit, 2-year or less
0.8 1 6 private for-profit, 2-year
0.0 0 7 public, less than 2-year
0.0 0 9 private for-profit, less than 2-year


68,718 .i iap


1 .s skipped on web


6,853 .y not available in this year

100.0 75,699
Total
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
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