Entry:

Nackenoff, Carol "Some Effects of Changes in the U.S. Job Structure on Political Attitudes, Attachments, and Agenda," Paper presented to the International Society of Political Psychology, Toronto, June, 1984.


Abstract:

Industry fortunes and job experience as a participant in particular kinds of industrial environments are important factors in shaping political attitudes, attachments, and agendas.

GSS Years:

1972-1978, 1980, 1982, 1983

Other Data Sets:

U.S. Department of Labor 1983, 1984; Cohen and Schwartz 1980; U.S. Statistical Abstracts 1982-1983

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

INDUSTRY

RS INDUSTRY CODE (1970)

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

UNION

DOES R OR SPOUSE BELONG TO UNION

JOBLOSE

IS R LIKELY TO LOSE JOB

RINCOME

RESPONDENTS INCOME

CONBUS

CONFIDENCE IN MAJOR COMPANIES

CONCLERG

CONFIDENCE IN ORGANIZED RELIGION

CONEDUC

CONFIDENCE IN EDUCATION

CONFED

CONFID. IN EXEC BRANCH OF FED GOVT

CONLABOR

CONFIDENCE IN ORGANIZED LABOR

CONPRESS

CONFIDENCE IN PRESS

CONMEDIC

CONFIDENCE IN MEDICINE

CONTV

CONFIDENCE IN TELEVISION

CONJUDGE

CONFID. IN UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

CONSCI

CONFIDENCE IN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

CONLEGIS

CONFIDENCE IN CONGRESS

CONARMY

CONFIDENCE IN MILITARY

CLASS

SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION

ANOMIA5

LOT OF THE AVERAGE MAN GETTING WORSE

ANOMIA6

NOT FAIR TO BRING CHILD INTO WORLD

TRUST

CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED

ALIENAT1

PEOPLE RUNNING COUNTRY DONT CARE

ALIENAT2

"RICH GET RICHER

ALIENAT3

WHAT YOU THINK DOESNT COUNT

ALIENAT4

YOU'RE LEFT OUT OF THINGS

ALIENAT5

POWERFUL PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU

ALIENAT6

PEOPLE IN WASH D.C. ARE OUT OF TOUCH

GETAHEAD

OPINION OF HOW PEOPLE GET AHEAD

POLVIEWS

THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE

VOTE80

DID R VOTE IN 1980 ELECTION

PRES80

"VOTE FOR CARTER

FINALTER

CHANGE IN FINANCIAL SITUATION