This is a sample from the General Social Survey focused on 1998 and 2018. To account for complex survey weights, this dataset has been resampled so that it can be treated as a simple random sample.
Data Source: Healy K (2024). gssr: General Social Survey data for use in R. R package version 0.8.0, http://kjhealy.github.io/gssr.
| name | variable_description |
|---|---|
| year | gss year for this respondent |
| age | age of respondent |
| race | race of respondent |
| sex | respondents sex |
| marital | marital status |
| educ | highest year of school completed |
| degree | r's highest degree |
| sibs | number of siblings (including step- and adopted) |
| agekdbrn | r's age when 1st child born |
| coninc | family income in constant dollars |
| region | region of interview |
| partyid | political party affiliation |
| wrkstat | labor force status |
| hrs1 | number of hours worked last week |
| earnrs | how many in family earned money? |
| happy | general happiness |
| health | condition of health |
| relig | r's religious preference |
| attend | how often r attends religious services |
| postlife | belief in life after death |
| socrel | spend evening with relatives |
| news | how often does r read newspaper |
| tvhours | hours per day watching tv |
| satjob | work satisfaction |
| class | subjective class identification |
| satfin | satisfaction with financial situation |
| polviews | think of self as liberal or conservative |
| confinan | confid in banks & financial institutions |
| 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 |
| fear | afraid to walk at night in neighborhood |
| owngun | have gun in home |
| hunt | does r or spouse hunt |
| gunlaw | favor or oppose gun permits |
| grass | should marijuana be made legal |
| courts | courts dealing with criminals |
| fepol | women not suited for politics |
| fefam | better for man to work, woman tend home |
| fehire | should hire and promote women |