Entry:
Davis, James A., "The Parental Families of Americans in Birth Cohorts 1890-1955: A Categorical, Linear Equation Model Estimated from the NORC General Social Survey," GSS Social Change Report No. 12, Also in Social Indicators Research, 9 (December, 1981), 395-453.
Abstract:
Using five variables: father's education and occupation, number of siblings, size of residence, and mother's work status, a statistical linear model is analyzed to describe large-scale chance in American families.
GSS Years:1972-1982
Other Data Sets:
Census 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| PAEDUC |
"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| FAMILY16 |
LIVING WITH PARENTS WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| MAWORK |
MOTHERS EMPLOYMENT SINCE MARRIAGE |
| SIBS |
NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS |
| PAOCC16 |
FATHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970) |
| RES16 |
TYPE OF PLACE LIVED IN WHEN 16 YRS OLD |