Entry:

Van Dusen, Roxann A. and Zill, Nicholas, Basic Background Items for U.S. Household Survey. New York: Social Science Research Council, 1975.


Abstract:

A uniform method of collecting background data facilitates the comparison of various household survey.

GSS Years:

1972-75

Other Data Sets:

Census; CPS; NFS 1965; Gallup; SRC

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
ETHNIC

COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN

ETHNUM

TYPE OF RESPONSE ABOUT ETHNICITY -- R

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

RELIG16

RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED

ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

UNION

DOES R OR SPOUSE BELONG TO UNION

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

PRESTIGE

RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970)

INDUSTRY

RS INDUSTRY CODE (1970)

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

SRCBELT

SRC BELTCODE

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE