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These data come from the General Social Survey, administered in 2024. These data were collected by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. The observations represent individuals' responses to survey questions. The full data set – The General Social Survey Cumulative Data (1972-2024, release 3) – was generously provided through the gssr package. Further information about the GSS2024 data set (including question text) can be found in the GSS 2024 Codebook at: https://gss.norc.org/content/dam/gss/get-documentation/pdf/codebook/GSS%202024%20Codebook%20R3.pdf.

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GSS2024

Format

A data frame with 3986 observations and 983 variables.

year
GSS year for this respondentid
Respondent id numberwrkstat
labor force statushrs1
number of hours worked last weekhrs2
number of hours usually work a weekevwork
ever work as long as one yearwrkslf
r self-emp or works for somebodyocc10
r's census occupation code (2010)prestg10
r's occupational prestige score (2010)prestg105plus
R's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)indus10
r's industry code (naics 2007)marital
marital statusmartype
marital typedivorce
ever been divorced or separatedwidowed
ever been widowedspwrksta
spouse labor force statussphrs1
number of hrs spouse worked last weeksphrs2
no. of hrs spouse usually works a weekspevwork
spouse ever work as long as a yearcowrksta
partner's labor force statuscowrkslf
partner self-emp. or works for somebody elsecoevwork
partner ever work as long as a yearcohrs1
number of hours partner worked last weekcohrs2
no. of hours partner usually works a weekspwrkslf
spouse self-emp. or works for somebodyspocc10
spouse census occupation code (2010)sppres10
Spouse occupational prestige score (2010)sppres105plus
Spouse occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)spind10
spouse's industry code (naics 2007)coocc10
partner's census occupation code (2010)coind10
partner's industry code (2010)pawrkslf
Father (or oldest same-sex parent) self-emp. or worked for somebodypaocc10
father's census occupation code (2010)papres10
father's occupational prestige score (2010)papres105plus
Father's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)paind10
father's industry code (naics 2007)mawrkslf
Mother (or youngest same-sex parent) self-emp. or worked for somebodymaocc10
mothers census occupation code (2010)mapres10
mothers occupational prestige score (2010)mapres105plus
Mothers occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)maind10
mothers industry code (naics 2007)sibs
number of brothers and sisterschilds
number of childrenage
age of respondentagekdbrn
r's age when 1st child borneduc
highest year of school completedpaeduc
Highest year school completed, father (or oldest same-sex parent)maeduc
Highest year school completed, mother (or youngest same-sex parent)speduc
highest year school completed, spousecoeduc
highest year school completed, partnercodeg
partner's highest degreedegree
r's highest degreepadeg
Father's (or oldest same-sex parent's) highest degreemadeg
Mother's (or youngest same-sex parent's) highest degreespdeg
spouse's highest degreemajor1
college major 1major2
college major 2dipged
diploma, ged, or othersex
respondents sexrace
race of respondentres16
type of place lived in when 16 yrs oldreg16
region of residence, age 16mobile16
geographic mobility since age 16family16
living with parents when 16 yrs oldfamdif16
reason not living with parentsmawrkgrw
Did mother (or youngest same-sex parent) ever work for pay for as long as a year while you were growing up?incom16
r's family income when 16 yrs oldborn
was r born in this countryparborn
were r's parents born in this countrygranborn
how many grandparents born outside u.s.hompop
number of persons in householdbabies
household members less than 6 yrs oldpreteen
household members 6 thru 12 yrs oldteens
household members 13 thru 17 yrs oldadults
household members 18 yrs and olderunrelat
number in household not relatedearnrs
how many in family earned moneyincome
total family incomerincome
respondents incomeincome16
total family incomerincom16
respondents incomeregion
region of interviewxnorcsiz
expanded norc size codepartyid
political party affiliationvote16
remember if voted in 2016 electionpres16
vote clinton or trumpif16who
who you would have voted forpolviews
think of self as liberal or conservativenatspac
space exploration programnatenvir
improving & protecting environmentnatheal
improving & protecting nations healthnatcity
solving problems of big citiesnatcrime
halting rising crime ratenatdrug
dealing with drug addictionnateduc
improving nations education systemnatrace
Improving the conditions of Black peoplenatarms
military, armaments, and defensenataid
foreign aidnatfare
welfarenatroad
highways and bridgesnatsoc
social securitynatchld
assistance for childcarenatsci
supporting scientific researchnatenrgy
developing alternative energy sourcesnatspacy
space exploration:version ynatenviy
the environment:version ynathealy
health:version ynatcityy
assistance to big cities:version ynatcrimy
law enforcement:version ynatdrugy
drug rehabilitation:version ynateducy
education:version ynatracey
Assistance to Black people: version ynatarmsy
national defense:version ynataidy
assistance to other countries:ver ynatfarey
assistance to the poor:version yeqwlth
should govt reduce income differencestax
r's federal income taxspkath
allow anti-religionist to speakcolath
allow anti-religionist to teachlibath
allow anti-religious book in libraryspkrac
allow racist to speakcolrac
allow racist to teachlibrac
allow racists book in libraryspkcom
allow communist to speakcolcom
should communist teacher be firedlibcom
allow communists book in libraryspkmslm
allow muslim clergymen preaching hatred of the uscolmslm
allow anti-american muslim clergymen teaching in collegelibmslm
allow anti-american muslim clergymen's books in librarycappun
favor or oppose death penalty for murdergunlaw
favor or oppose gun permitscourts
courts dealing with criminalsgrass
should marijuana be made legalrelig
r's religious preferencedenom
specific denominationfund
how fundamentalist is r currentlyattend
how often r attends religious servicesreliten
strength of affiliationpostlife
belief in life after deathpray
how often does r prayrelig16
religion in which raiseddenom16
denomination in which r was raisedfund16
how fundamentalist was r at age 16sprel
spouse's religious preferencespden
specific denomination, spousespfund
how fundamentalist is spouse currentlycorel
partner's religious preferencecoden
partner's denominationcofund
how fundamentalist is partner's current religionprayer
bible prayer in public schoolsbible
feelings about the bibleracopen
vote on open housing lawraclive
any opp. race in neighborhoodaffrmact
Favor preference in hiring Black peoplewrkwayup
Black people overcome prejudice without favorshappy
general happinesshapmar
happiness of marriagehapcohab
happiness of relt with partnerhealth
condition of healthlife
is life exciting or dullhelpful
people helpful or looking out for selvesfair
people fair or try to take advantagetrust
can people be trustedconfinan
confid in banks & financial institutionsconbus
confidence in major companiesconclerg
confidence in organized religionconeduc
confidence in educationconfed
confid. in exec branch of fed govtconlabor
confidence in organized laborconpress
confidence in pressconmedic
confidence in medicinecontv
confidence in televisionconjudge
confid. in united states supreme courtconsci
confidence in scientific communityconlegis
confidence in congressconarmy
confidence in militaryobey
to obeypopular
to be well liked or popularthnkself
to think for ones selfworkhard
to work hardhelpoth
to help otherssocrel
spend evening with relativessocommun
spend evening with neighborsocfrend
spend evening with friendssocbar
spend evening at barweekswrk
weeks r worked last yearpartfull
was r's work part-time or full-time?joblose
is r likely to lose jobjobfind
could r find equally good jobsatjob
work satisfactionrichwork
if rich, continue or stop workingclass
subjective class identificationrank
r's self ranking of social positionsatfin
satisfaction with financial situationfinalter
change in financial situationfinrela
opinion of family incomewksub
does r or spouse have supervisorwksubs
does supervisor have supervisorwksub1
does r or spouse or partner have a supervisorwksubs1
does supervisor have supervisorwksup
does r or spouse supervise anyonewksups
does subordinate supervise anyonewksup1
does r or spouse or partner supervise anyonewksups1
does subordinant supervise anyoneunemp
ever unemployed in last ten yrsunion
does r or spouse belong to unionunion1
does r or spouse or partner belong to uniongetahead
opinion of how people get aheadparsol
r's living standard compared to parentskidssol
r's kids living standard compared to rfepol
women not suited for politicsabdefect
strong chance of serious defectabnomore
married–wants no more childrenabhlth
woman's health seriously endangeredabpoor
low income–cant afford more childrenabrape
pregnant as result of rapeabsingle
not marriedabany
abortion if woman wants for any reasonchldidel
ideal number of childrenpillok
birth control to teenagers 14-16sexeduc
sex education in public schoolsdivlaw
divorce lawspremarsx
sex before marriageteensex
sex before marriage:teens 14-16xmarsex
sex with person other than spousehomosex
homosexual sex relationspornlaw
feelings about pornography lawsxmovie
seen x-rated movie in last yearspanking
favor spanking to discipline childletdie1
allow incurable patients to diesuicide1
suicide if incurable diseasesuicide2
suicide if bankruptsuicide4
suicide if tired of livingpolhitok
ever approve of police striking citizenpolabuse
citizen said vulgar or obscene thingspolmurdr
citizen questioned as murder suspectpolescap
citizen attempting to escape custodypolattak
citizen attacking policeman with fistsfear
afraid to walk at night in neighborhoodowngun
have gun in homepistol
pistol or revolver in homeshotgun
shotgun in homerifle
rifle in homerowngun
does gun belong to rhunt
does r or spouse hunthunt1
does r or spouse or partner huntnews
how often does r read newspapertvhours
hours per day watching tvphone
does r have telephonecoop
r's attitude toward interviewcomprend
r's understanding of questionsform
form of split questionnaire askedfechld
mother working doesn't hurt childrenfepresch
preschool kids suffer if mother worksfefam
better for man to work, woman tend homeracdif1
differences due to discriminationracdif2
differences due to in-born learning abilityracdif3
differences due to lack of educationracdif4
differences due to lack of willhelppoor
should govt improve standard of living?helpnot
should govt do more or less?helpsick
should govt help pay for medical care?helpblk
Should govt aid Black people?numgiven
number of persons mentionedrace1
race of person number 1race2
race of person number 2race3
race of person number 3race4
race of person number 4race5
race of person number 5spouse1
person #1 is r's spousespouse2
person #2 is r's spousespouse3
person #3 is r's spousespouse4
person #4 is r's spousespouse5
person #5 is r's spouseparent1
person #1 is r's parentparent2
person #2 is r's parentparent3
person #3 is r's parentparent4
person #4 is r's parentparent5
person #5 is r's parentchild1
person #1 is r's childchild2
person #2 is r's childchild3
person #3 is r's childchild4
person #4 is r's childchild5
person #5 is r's childothfam1
person #1 is r's family memberothfam2
person #2 is r's family memberothfam3
person #3 is r's family memberothfam4
person #4 is r's family memberothfam5
person #5 is r's family membercowork1
person #1 is r's coworkercowork2
person #2 is r's coworkercowork3
person #3 is r's coworkercowork4
person #4 is r's coworkercowork5
person #5 is r's coworkermemgrp1
person #1 is member of r's groupmemgrp2
person #2 is member of r's groupmemgrp3
person #3 is member of r's groupmemgrp4
person #4 is member of r's groupmemgrp5
person #5 is member of r's groupneighbr1
person #1 is r's neighborneighbr2
person #2 is r's neighborneighbr3
person #3 is r's neighborneighbr4
person #4 is r's neighborneighbr5
person #5 is r's neighborfriend1
person #1 is r's friendfriend2
person #2 is r's friendfriend3
person #3 is r's friendfriend4
person #4 is r's friendfriend5
person #5 is r's friendadvisor1
person #1 is r's advisoradvisor2
person #2 is r's advisoradvisor3
person #3 is r's advisoradvisor4
person #4 is r's advisoradvisor5
person #5 is r's advisorother1
person #1 is other type of acquaintanceother2
person #2 is other type of acquaintanceother3
person #3 is other type of acquaintanceother4
person #4 is other type of acquaintanceother5
person #5 is other type of acquaintancetalkto1
how often does r talk to person #1?talkto2
how often does r talk to person #2?talkto3
how often does r talk to person #3?talkto4
how often does r talk to person #4?talkto5
how often does r talk to person #5?god
r's confidence in the existence of godreborn
has r ever had a 'born again' experiencewlthwhts
rich - poorwlthblks
rich - poorwlthhsps
rich - poorworkwhts
hard working - lazyworkblks
hard working - lazyworkhsps
hard working -lazyliveblks
neighborhood half blackmarblk
close relative marry Black personmarasian
close relative marry asianmarhisp
close relative marry hispanicmarwht
r favor close relative marrying white persondiscaff
whites hurt by aff. actionyousup
how many people do you supervise directlyspwksup
does spouse supervise anyoneunited
americans united or divided on valuesimpfinan
imp to r of financial securityimpmar
imp to r of being marriedimpkids
imp to r of having childrenimpgod
imp to r of having faith in godimpthngs
imp to r of having nice thingsimpcultr
imp to r of being culturedimpjob
imp to r of having a fulfilling jobimpself
imp to r of being self-sufficientfejobaff
for or against preferential hiring of womenrefpromo
refuse a job promotion?refmorwk
take on additional paid work?workless
cut back on your work?noathome
miss a family occasion or holiday?nonurse
unable to care for a sick child-relative?discaffm
a man won't get a job or promotiondiscaffw
a woman won't get a job or promotionfehire
should hire and promote womenhapfeel
felt happy?ashamed
felt ashamed of something you'd done?fearful
felt fearful about somethingangry
felt angry at someone?proud
felt proud of something you'd done?vigversn
vignette version numberseriousp
how serious x s situation ischaractr
how likely x s situation caused by bad characterimbalnce
how likely x s situation caused by imbalance in brainwayraise
how likely x s situation caused by the way raisedstresses
how likely x s situation caused by stressgenetics
how likely x s situation caused by genetic problemgodswill
how likely x s situation caused by god s willupsdowns
how likely x is experiencing normal ups-and-downs of lifebreakdwn
how likely x is experiencing nervous breakdownmentlill
how likely x is experiencing mental illnessphysill
how likely x is experiencing physical illnessviglabel
how likely x is experiencing vignettesdectreat
how able is x to decide receive treatmentdecmoney
how able is x to decide managing own moneyimprvown
how likely x s situation will improve on its ownimprvtrt
how likely x s situation will improve with treatmentvignei
how willing r would have x as a neighborvigsoc
how willing r would spend time socializing with xvigfrnd
how willing r would make friends with xvigwork
how willing r would work closely with x on a jobviggrp
how willing r would have a group home for xvigmar
how willing r would have x marry in r's familyhurtoth
how likely x violent toward other peoplehurtself
how likely x violent toward oneselftlkfam
x should talk to family and friendstlkclrgy
x should talk to religious leadermeddoc
x should go to general medical doctor for helpmentldoc
x should go to psychiatrist for helpmentloth
x should go to other mental health professional for helpsphealer
x should go to spiritual healer for helpselfhelp
x should join a self-group with similar problemotcmed
x should take non-prescription medicationrxmed
x should take prescription medicationmentlhos
x should check into a mental hospitaldofirst
here are the things you said ... should do... interviewer: read listmustdoc
x should be forced to be examined at a clinic by lawmustmed
x should be forced to take prescribed medication by lawmusthosp
x should be admitted to be hospitalized for treatment by lawdangrslf
x should be admitted to be hospitalized for treatment if dangerous to xdangroth
x should be admitted to be hospitalized for treatment if dangerous to othersknwmhosp
know anyone who was in a hospitalknwpatnt
known anyone seeing a psychologist etc?fammhneg
r's family's negative attitudes about mh problemsothmhneg
r's other acquaintences negative attitudes about mh problemsdiagnosd
r ever diagnosed with mh problemmhtreatd
r ever treated for mh problemrelpersn
r consider self a religious personsprtprsn
r consider self a spiritual personaimofart
aim of artothlang
can r speak language other than english/spanishothlang1
what other languages does r speakothlang2
what other languages does r speakspklang
how well does r speak other languageletinhsp
immigration from latin america should be increasedletinasn
immigration from asia should be increasedcompuse
r use computerwebmob
r uses home internet through mobile devicehuclean
r hu interior cleanliness ratingsatdemoc
r satisfied with way democracy works in americadisrspct
r is treated with less courtesy or respect than otherspoorserv
r recieves poorer service in restaurants or storesnotsmart
people act as if they think r is not smartafraidof
people act as if they are afraid of rthreaten
r is threatened or harassedabmoral
r has a moral opposition to abortionabhelp1
r would help with arrangements for abortionabhelp2
r would help with paying for abortionabhelp3
r would help with paying for abortion-related other costsabhelp4
r would help with emotional support for abortionnumpets
how many pets r's family hasdog
dogcat
catsmammal
small mammal (rabbit, gerbil, hamster)bird
birdfish
fishreptile
reptile (turtle, snake, lizard)othpet
other petpetfam
how often r considers pet member of familychldvig
Vignette askedchldprob
how serious r consider his or her problembadchar
situation caused by own bad characterchembal
situation by a chemical imbalance in the brainstressfl
situation caused by stressful circumstancesgeneprob
situation caused by a genetic or inherited problemraised
situation caused by the way he or she was raisedvioltv
situation caused by watching violent tvdiscipln
situation caused by lacking discipline in theallergic
situation caused by food or chemical allergiesimprvdis
situation will improve with strict disciplineimprveat
situation will improve with some changes in dietimprvmed
situation will improve with medical treatmentnextdoor
how willing r move next door to child's familyspendeve
how willing r spend evening with child's familychldfrnd
how willing r have children make friends with chchldsch
how willing r have child in same class of r's chadfam
would r get advice from family if child was r'sadtch
would r get advice from teachers child if was r'saddoc
would go to a medical doctor if he was r's childadcoumed
would r have child on med by counselor's adviceadpsy
would r go to a psychiatrist if child was r'sgrwingup
is child experiencing normal ups and downsmntlill
is child experiencing a mental illnessviolpeop
would child do something violent toward otherviolself
would child do something violent to own selfnumemps
number of employee for the self-employedwrkslffam
does r work in family business or farmmhunsure
people like x are unpredictablemhtrtot2
r knows someone who received treatment for mental healthpolint
your interest in politicspoleff11
don't have any say about what the government doescctv
civil liberties - video surveillanceposslq
does r have marital partnerposslqy
relationship status and cohabitation or notmarcohab
cohabitation statustrcourts
how much trust r has in american courtsgoodlife
standard of living of r will improvemarsame
Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one anothermeovrwrk
men hurt family when focus on work too muchlocalnum
number of employees: r's work siterelactiv
how often does r take part in relig activitiesbefair
how often do you think people take advantagecantrust
people can be trusted or cant be too carefulreliginf
the u.s. would be a better country if religion had less influencetempgen
greenhouse effect danger to envirgrncon
concerned about environmenttempgen1
greenhouse effect danger to envirambornin
how important to have been born in americaamcit
how important to have american citizenshipamchrstn
how important to be a christianamgovt
how important to respect america's laws etcamfeel
how important to feel americanamcitizn
agree i would rather be a citizen of americaamshamed
agree there are things make me ashamedbelikeus
agree better if people were more like americansambetter
agree america is a better countryifwrong
agree people should support their countryprouddem
how proud the way democracy worksproudpol
how proud its political influence in the worldproudeco
how proud america's economic achievementsproudspt
how proud its achievements in sportsproudart
how proud its achievements in the arts & lit.proudhis
how proud its historyimports
america should limit the importwrldgovt
international bodies should enforce environmentamownway
america should follow its own interestsforland
foreigner's should not be allowed to buy landamtv
tv should give preference to american filmsimmcrime
immigrants increase crime ratesimmameco
immigrants good for americaimmjobs
immigrants take jobs awayletin1
number of immigrants to america nowadays should becitizen
are you a citizen of america?amancstr
how important to have american ancestryintlincs
large intl company damage to local businessletin1a
number of immigrants nowadays should beimmassim
what statement about immigrants matches viewpaytaxes
how important never to try to evade taxesobeylaws
how important always to obey lawswatchgov
how important to keep watch on action of govthelpusa
how important to help worse off ppl in americasolok
how important: citizens have adequate standard of livingrghtsmin
how important: govt protect right of minoritiespolopts
how important: ppl given chance to participate in decsnsoppsegov
how important: citizen engage in acts of civil disobeyedpoleff18
govt do not care much what ppl like r thinkcorruptn
how widespread corruption is in pub service in americademtoday
how well democracy work in americadem10pst
how well did democracy work in america ten yrs agodem10fut
how well will democracy work in america in ten yrspolnews
how often use media to get political newsleftrght
how left or right in politicspartners
how many sex partner's r had in last yearsexsex
sex of sex partner's in last yearsexfreq
frequency of sex during last yearhivtest
have you ever been tested for hivhivtest1
in what month and year was your last hiv testhivtest2
where did you have your last hiv testsexornt
sexual orientationrealinc
family income in constant $realrinc
r's income in constant $coninc
family income in constant dollarsconrinc
respondent income in constant dollarsethnic
country of family origineth1
1st mentioned country of originhispanic
hispanic specifiedracecen1
what is r's race 1st mentionracecen2
what is r's race 2nd mentionracecen3
what is r's race 3rd mentionuscitzn
is r us citizenvetyears
years in armed forcesdwelling
type of structuredwelown
does r own or rent home?dwelown16
did rs family own or rent home when r was age 16worda
word awordb
word bwordc
word cwordd
word dworde
word ewordf
word fwordg
word gwordh
word hwordi
word iwordj
word jwordsum
number words correct in vocabulary testhhrace
race of householdhhtype1
household type (condensed)famgen
number of family generations in householdrplace
r's relationship to household headrvisitor
is r a visitor?visitors
number of visitor's in householddateintv
date of interviewisco08
respondent's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco codepaisco08
r's father's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco codemaisco08
r's mother's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco codespisco08
r's mothers occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco codecoisco08
partner's occupation, 2010 census & 2008 isco codesei10
r's socioeconomic index (2010)sei10educ
Percentage of some college educ in OCC10 based on ACS 2010sei10inc
Percentage of $45k+ earners in OCC10 based on ACS 2010pasei10
r's father's socioeconomic index (2010)pasei10educ
Percentage of some college educ in PAOCC10 based on ACS 2010pasei10inc
Percentage of $45k+ earners in PAOCC10 based on ACS 2010masei10
r's mother's socioeconomic index (2010)masei10educ
Percentage of some college educ in MAOCC10 based on ACS 2010masei10inc
Percentage of $45k+ earners in MAOCC10 based on ACS 2010spsei10
r's spouse's socioeconomic index (2010)spsei10educ
Percentage of some college educ in SPOCC10 based on ACS 2010spsei10inc
Percentage of $45k+ earners in SPOCC10 based on ACS 2010cosei10
partner's socioeconomic index (2010)cosei10educ
Percentage of some college educ in COOCC10 based on ACS 2010cosei10inc
Percentage of $45K+ earners in COOCC10 based on ACS 2010copres10
Partner's occupational prestige score (2010)copres105plus
partner's occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010)cohort
year of birthwhoelse1
presence of others: children under sixwhoelse2
presence of others: older childrenwhoelse3
presence of others: spouse partnerwhoelse4
presence of others: other relativeswhoelse5
presence of others: other adultswhoelse6
presence of others: no oneintid
Interviewer idfeeused
fee given to get casefeelevel
amount of fees paidlngthinv
how long was interviewintage
age of interviewerintethn
race of interviewermode
interview done in-person or over the phoneintsex
sex of interviewerintyrs
years of service as an interviewer at norcconsent
participation/recording consentadminconsent
consent to possible data linkageletdie1y
allow incurable patients to die (form 2)ballot
ballot used for interviewissp
filter for issp casessampcode
Sampling error codesample
sampling frame and methodoversamp
Weights for black oversamplesphase
subsampling: two-phase design.spanself
if this interview had only been available in english, would you...spaneng
interviews conducted in spanish or englishhlthstrt
would you say the respondent's health in general is excellent, good, fair, or poorkidsinhh
does interviewer believe that there are children under the age of 15 present atrespond
estimate of the probability that this household will respond to the surveyincuspop
estimated income status of housing unitneisafe
how safe interviewer thinks neighborhood isrlooks
r physical attractiveness ratingrgroomed
r grooming ratingrhlthend
r health ratingvstrat
Variance stratumvpsu
Variance primary sampling unitkish
famdif16y
Which of the following best describes your situation?pawrkslf2
At this job, was [dadfill] an employee, self-employed without employees, or self-employed with employees?pawrkslffam
Father (or oldest same-sex parent) owned family business or farmmawrkslf2
At this job, was mother (or youngest same-sex parent) an employee, self-employed without employees, or self-employed with employees?mawrkslffam
Mother (or youngest same-sex parent) owned family business or farmethworld1
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Europeethworld2
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Africaethworld3
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Asiaethworld4
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Middle Eastethworld5
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? South Americaethworld6
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Central Americaethworld7
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? North Americaethworld8
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Caribbeanethworld9
From what part of the world did your ancestors come? Oceaniawrkgovt1
govt employeewrkgovt2
private employeespkathy
allow anti-religionist to speak ylibathy
allow anti-religionist to teach yspkracy
allow anti-religious book in library ylibracy
allow racists book in library yspkcomy
allow communist to speak ycolcomy
should communist teacher be fired ylibcomy
allow communists book in library yspkmslmy
allow muslim clergymen preaching hatred of the us ylibmslmy
allow anti-american muslim clergymen's books in library ypolhitoky
ever approve of police striking citizen ypolabusey
citizen said vulgar or obscene things ypolattaky
citizen attacking policeman with fists yraceacs1
whiteraceacs2
blackraceacs3
american indian or alaska nativeraceacs4
asian indianraceacs5
chineseraceacs6
filipinoraceacs7
japaneseraceacs8
koreanraceacs9
vietnameseraceacs10
other asianraceacs14
other pacific islanderraceacs15
some other raceraceacs16
hispanicabdefectg
strong chance of serious defect (grid on web)abnomoreg
married–wants no more children (grid on web)abhlthg
woman's health seriously endangered (grid on web)abpoorg
low income–cant afford more children (grid on web)abrapeg
pregnant as result of rape (grid on web)absingleg
not married (grid on web)suicide1g
suicide if incurable diseasesuicide2g
suicide if bankruptsuicide4g
suicide if tired of livingmaborn
Was R's mother (or youngest same-sex parent) born in this country?paborn
Was R's father (or oldest same-sex parent) born in this country?sexbirth1
r's sex assigned at birth (2021)norelgsp
is r atheist or agnostichivafraid
afraid to be around a person with hivhivimmrl
people with hiv have participated in immoral activitieshivdscrm
there is a lot of discrimination against people with hivptnrornt
recent partner's sexual orientationptnrsxbrth
recent partner's sex at birthwtssps
person post-stratification weightwtssnrps
Person post-stratification weight, nonrespondents adjustedprayerv
bible prayer in public schools (with volunteered response on web)courtsv
courts dealing with criminals (with volunteered response on web)discaffwv
a woman won't get a job or promotion (with volunteered response on web)racopenv
vote on open housing law (with volunteered response on web)getaheadv
opinion of how people get ahead (with volunteered response on web)divlawv
divorce laws (with volunteered response on web)helpfulv
people helpful or looking out for selves (with volunteered response on web)fairv
people fair or try to take advantage (with volunteered resposne on web)trustv
can people be trusted (with volunteered response on web)grassv
should marijuana be made legal (with volunteered response on web)relitenv
strength of affiliation (with volunteered response on web)biblev
feelings about the bible (with volunteered response on web)postlifev
belief in life after death (with volunteered response on web)kidssolv
r's kids living standard compared to r (with volunteered response on web)fepolv
women not suited for politics (with volunteered response on web)prayernv
bible prayer in public schools (no volunteered response on web)courtsnv
courts dealing with criminals (no volunteered response on web)discaffwnv
a woman won't get a job or promotion (no volunteered response on web)racopennv
vote on open housing law (no volunteered response on web)getaheadnv
opinion of how people get ahead (no volunteered response on web)divlawnv
divorce laws (no volunteered response on web)helpfulnv
people helpful or looking out for selves (no volunteered response on web)fairnv
people fair or try to take advantage (no volunteered response on web)trustnv
can people be trusted (no volunteered response on web)grassnv
should marijuana be made legal (no volunteered response on web)relitennv
strength of affiliation (no volunteered response on web)biblenv
feelings about the bible (no volunteered response on web)postlifenv
belief in life after death (no volunteered response on web)kidssolnv
r's kids living standard compared to r (no volunteered response on web)fepolnv
women not suited for politics (no volunteered response on web)abanyg
abortion if woman wants for any reason (grid on web)fileversion
NAspwrkslf2
SPOUSE SELF-EMPLOYED, WITH EMPLOYEES, OR WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSEspwrkslffam
SPOUSE WORK AT FAMILY BUSINESS OR ON FAMILY FARMchildsinhh
TOTAL CHILDREN IN HH (HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION VERSION)adultsinhh
TOTAL ADULTS IN HH (HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION VERSION)whatsp2
How would you classify the place where your ...? Was this mainly...?cowrkslf2
PARTNER SELF-EMPLOYED, WITH EMPLOYEES, OR WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSEcowrkslffam
PARTNER WORK AT FAMILY BUSINESS OR ON FAMILY FARMcowksup
DOES PARTNER SUPERVISE ANYONEwhatco2
CLASSIFY PLACE WHERE PARTNERS WORKSwhatpa2
How would you classify the place where father (or oldest same-sex parent) worked? Was this mainly...?whatma2
How would you classify the place where mother (or youngest same-sex parent) worked? Was this mainly...?whatslf2
How would you classify the place where you ...? Was this mainly...?racerank1
FIRST RACE SELECTEDracerank2
SECOND RACE SELECTEDracerank3
THIRD RACE SELECTEDadoptus
IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN US SHOULD ADOPT US CULTUREimmfate
FATE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSxmoviey
SEEN PORNOGRAPHY IN PAST YEARvote20
REMEMBER IF VOTED IN 2020 ELECTIONpres20
VOTED TRUMP OR BIDENif20who
WHO YOU WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IN 2020wordk
WORD Kwordl
WORD Lwordn
WORD Nsvyenjoy
ENJOY TAKING SURVEYSsvyid1
WILLINGNESS TO USE VIDEO CHATsvyid2
WILLINGNES FOR IN-PERSON SURVEYgestate
ABORTION LEGAL PAST 4.5 MONTHSnextstatus
GSS NEXT FOLLOW-ON STATUSracdif1x
DIFFERENCES DUE TO DISCRIMINATION (LONGER INTRO)racdif2x
DIFFERENCES DUE TO IN-BORN LEARNING ABILITYracdif3x
DIFFERENCES DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATIONracdif4x
DIFFERENCES DUE TO LACK OF WILLhompop_exp
TOTAL PEOPLE IN HH (EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)modesequence
INITIAL MODE OF CONTACT FOR RESPONDENTtotalincentive
totalincentivebabies_exp
KIDS 0-6 IN HH(EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)preteen_exp
KIDS 7-12 IN HH(EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)teens_exp
KIDS 13-17 IN HH(EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)adults_exp
ADULTS 18+ IN HH(EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)prnt
R IS A PARENT IN SOME CAPACITY IN HHchilds_exp
TOTAL CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN HH (EXPERIMENTAL VERISON)famgen_exp
NUMBER OF FAMILY GENERATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD (EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)hhtype1_exp
HOUSEHOLD TYPE (CONDENSED) (EXPERIMENTAL VERSION)batch
SAMPLE BATCHsubsamprate
Subsampling rate corresponding to two-phase designwtssps_next
POSTSTRATIFICATION WEIGHT FOR ANALYZING GSS NEXT FOLLOW-ONwtssnrps_next
POSTSTRATIFICATION AND NONRESPONSE WEIGHT FOR ANALYZING GSS NEXT FOLLOW-ONnexteligible
GSS NEXT FOLLOW-ON ELIGIBLEpawrkgrw
Did father (or oldest same-sex parent) ever work for pay for as long as a year while you were growing up?conlabory
Confidence in labor unionsracdif5
differences due mainly to unbringingmarsamey
Same-sex couples should have the right to marry one anothernorelgsp16
R no religion age 16spnorelgsp
Spouse no religionmobiledata
HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS TO INTERNET USING CELLULAR DATA PLANbroadband
HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS TO INTERNET USING BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICErateincumb24
RATING OF JOE BIDENratechall124
RATING OF DONALD TRUMPratechall224
RATING OF KAMALA HARRISratechall324
RATING OF NIKKI HALEYratedemp
RATING OF DEMOCRATIC PARTYraterepp
RATING OF REPUBLICAN PARTYratemaga
RATING OF MAGA REPUBLICANSlkelyvot
LIKELIHOOD TO VOTE IN 2024 ELECTIONwhovote24a
VOTING INTENTION IN 2024 ELECTION (POST JULY 25 2024)econstat
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY THESE DAYS IN THE UNITED STATES?polintrst
INTERESTED IN CAMPAIGNS THIS YEARintrnetuse
Frequency of internet use over past 12 monthsnouseint1
No internet use over past 12 months due to unavaliblitynouseint2
No internet use over past 12 months due to poor quality of connectionnouseint3
No internet use over past 12 months due to costnouseint4
No internet use over past 12 months due to security and privacynouseint5
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of utility/importancenouseint6
No internet use over past 12 months due to agenouseint7
No internet use over past 12 months due to usabilitynouseint8
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of desirenouseint9
No internet use over past 12 months due to literacynouseint10
No internet use over past 12 months due to lack of timenouseint11
No internet use over past 12 months due to government restrictionnouseint12
No internet use over past 12 months due to other reasonsintaccprxy
How often R asked someone to use the internet on their behalfprxyuse
Likelihood R ask someone to use the internet on their behalf in near futureftruse
Likelihood R uses internet in next 12 monthsinthome
Frequency R has home internet accessintprfssnl
Frequency R has work/school internet accessintpub
Frequency R has internet access in publicintbhlf
Frequency R was asked to use internet for someone elseunplug
Amount R reduced time spent on internet in last 12 monthsunplgrsn
Reason R reduced time spent on internetintskill
R's skill at using the internetintsurf
R's skill at online searchesintliteracy
R's knowledge of online information discretionintapps
R's skill at learning new softwareintcomm
How often R uses internet for communicationintshare
How often R uses internet for sharing photos/videosintsearch
How often R uses internet for searchintgame
How often R uses internet for video gamesintstream
How often R uses internet for music/videointfncl
How often R uses internet for financial transactionsintmeet
R more comfortable meeting people online?intlnly
R would feel lonely without internet?inttrig
How often R reads political opinions they disagree with onlineintnews
How often R accesses non-routine political news sourcesintcnfrm
How often R tries to confirm information with other sourcesintrust
How much R trusts people they've only met onlineintpolview
Trend of online contact with politically similarintoppo
Trend of online contact with politically differentintviews
How often R talks about politics onlinetechesy
Does technology make our lives easier?harmgood1
Does technology do more harm than good?nextgen1
Does technology provide more opportunities?intscam
Has R or someone they know been a victim of online scaminthrss
Has R or someone they know been harassed onlinepolnewsfrom
Where R gets political newssmnews
Reliability of news on social mediatvnews1
Reliability of news on TVpapernews
Reliability of newspapersradionews
Reliability of news on podcasts, radiowebnews
Reliability of news on webmodepet
Has R signed a petition in last 12 monthsmodeprot
Has R participated in a protest in last 12 monthsmodelobby
Has R contacted a politician in last 12 monthsmodeorgprot
Has R organized a protest in last 12 monthsmodeorg
Has R belonged to an activist group in last 12 monthstrppl
Trust in others, 10 point scaletrcong
Trust in congress, 10 point scaledataprot
Responsibility for internet data protectionemonitor1
Should government be able to monitor online communicationinfodeal
Would R provide info for discounts, free productsinfoprofit
Would R provide info companies could profit fromgendtech
Are women or men benefiting more from digital techagetech
Are older or younger people benefiting more from digital techurbantech
Are cities or countryside benefiting more from digital techeductech
Are educated or uneducated benefiting more from digital techclasstech
Are poor or rich benefiting more from digital techaiworry
R worried that AI will take over many jobs done by humansaimed
R's comfort with medical operation by robotaidrive
R's comfort with driverless carowndecns
Best if every nation had its own countrybrneffrt
Possible to become American if born elsewhereimmcrime1
Immigrants increase crime ratesimmjobs1
Immigrants take jobs awayimmideas1
Immigrants bring new ideas and culturesimmwlfare
People born in America should be given preference over immigrants when it comes to jobs, housing, or health careconscrp
Importance of military serviceincgap1
Government's responsibility to reduce economic inequalityleftrght1
How left or right in politicsservpub
How much the public service serves peoplefulldem
The people, not politicians, should make important decisionspoltalk
Politicians talk too much and don't take actionconpow
Conflict between ordinary people and those in powerbizmoney
Business leaders make money at expense of ordinary peopleexperts
Better to rely on opinions of experts than ordinary peoplebiasnews
News coverage about politics in America is biasedusmca1
R's familiarity with USMCAusmca2
Does the US benefit from USMCAmorextrm
Everyone is like X but X's case is just a bit more extreme and ongoingbullied
Situation caused by having been bulliedsmedia
Situation caused by exposure to social mediaimprvown1
How likely child X situation will improve on its ownmustdoc1
X's parents should be forced by law to have X examined at a clinicmustmed1
X's parents should be forced by law to have X take prescribed medicationmusthosp1
X's parents should be forced by law to admit X to be hospitalized for treatmentphysill1
How likely child X is experiencing physical illnessbullpeer
Would X bully peersrumopeer
Would X spread rumors about peersfighpeer
Would X get into fights with peersschshoot
Would X carry out a school shootingcutself
Would X intentionally cut selfnegself
Would X intentionally neglect own healthfoodalc
Would X engage in excessive and uncontrolled food or alcohol consumptionrisklife
Would X at risk for taking their own lifetakelife
Would X actually take own lifedsndntpay
Reparations for descendants of slavesacpttg
Accepting peoplechngdocs
Changing official documentsfeovrwrk
Family life suffers when women worksexornt1
Sexual orientation (reask, self-administered)sexpaid
Ever had sex with a person you paid or who paid you for sexnocondom
Had vaginal or anal sex without a condom in past 12 monthsnodocidu
Ever injected any drugs other than those prescribed for youfemself1
How feminine R sees self (0 to 6 scale)mascself1
How masculine R sees self (0 to 6 scale)femsee1
How feminine others see R (0 to 6 scale)mascsee1
How masculine others see R (0 to 6 scale)devtype
Are you taking this survey on a...family16sex
Sex of two parents living with when 16 yrs oldracdif5x
differences due mainly to upbringing (longer intro)reltrad
Religious traditionreltrad16
Religious tradition age 16conorelgsp
Partner no religionsexnow2
R's sex now (3 category)mighist
When R came to U.S.migage
Age when R came to U.S.whovote24
VOTING INTENTION IN 2024 ELECTION (PRE JULY 25 2024)whovotets
VOTING INTENTION - TIME SERIESvoteprob
VOTING PROBLEM IN US ELECTIONSrateincumbts
RATING OF INCUMBENT PRESIDENT - TIME SERIESratechall1ts
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 1 - TIME SERIESratechall2ts
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 2 - TIME SERIESratechall3ts
RATING OF PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER 3 - TIME SERIESaneseligible
ANES FOLLOW-ON ELIGIBLEanespre_status
ANES PRE-ELECTION SURVEY STATUSanespost_status
ANES POST-ELECTION SURVEY STATUSchldfam_asn
Percent of family during childhood who were Asianchldfam_blk
Percent of family during childhood who were Blackchldfam_hisp
Percent of family during childhood who were Latinochldfam_wht
Percent of family during childhood who were Whitechldfam_oth
Percent of family during childhood who were some other racechldadlt_asn
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood who were Asianchldadlt_blk
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood who were Blackchldadlt_hisp
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood who were Latinochldadlt_wht
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood who were Whitechldadlt_oth
Percent of adults you knew (friends, care takers, neighbors) during childhood who were some other racechldchld_asn
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Asianchldchld_blk
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Blackchldchld_hisp
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Latinochldchld_wht
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were Whitechldchld_oth
Percent of children you knew (friends, classmates) during childhood who were some other racechldshop_asn
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Asianchldshop_blk
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Blackchldshop_hisp
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Latinochldshop_wht
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were Whitechldshop_oth
Percent of people who shopped at the supermarket during childhood who were some other raceptnrsxnow1
Recent partner's sex now (3 category)perla
R skin tone via interviewerpetsseq
Position of pet questions in questionnairecredrep
R credit reportcredchoice
R's credit score has to do with choices or things out of your controlcredam
Americans' credit score has to do with choices or things out of their controlcredland
Use credit report - landlordscredemp
Use credit report - employerscredcar
Use credit report - car insurerschldidel_next
Ideal number of children - follow-on versionchldpref_next
R ideal number of children - follow-on versionknwsexor
R knows anyone who is gay, lesbian, or bisexualhappy_next
General happiness - follow-on versionperla_self
R self-reported skin tonetopprob1_next
Most important issue for America - follow on versiontopprob2_hlth
Next important issue (health care) - follow-on versiontopprob2_educ
Next important issue (education) - follow-on versiontopprob2_crim
Next important issue (crime) - follow-on versiontopprob2_envr
Next important issue (environment) - follow-on versiontopprob2_immg
Next important issue (immigration) - follow-on versiontopprob2_econ
Next important issue (economy) - follow-on versiontopprob2_terr
Next important issue (terrorism) - follow-on versiontopprob2_povt
Next important issue (poverty) - follow-on versiontopprob2_none
Next important issue (none of these) - follow-on versionhhtype1_next
Household type (condensed) - follow-on versionfamgen_next
Number of family generations in household - follow-on versiondateintv_next
Date of GSS Next interviewwordsum7
number words correct in vocabulary test (7 common items)wordsumold
number words correct in vocabulary test (original items)wordsumnew
number words correct in vocabulary test (experiment items)