Social Class and Attitudes about Inequality: A Data-Driven Learning Guide

Dataset

General Social Surveys, 1972-2006 (Cumulative File)

Data for this exercise come from the General Social Surveys (GSS), which have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center annually since 1972, except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992, and biennially beginning in 1994. Main areas covered in the GSS include socioeconomic status, social mobility, social control, the family, race relations, sex relations, civil liberties, and morality, along with additional topical modules in each year of data collection.

The GSS sample is designed to represent all non-institutionalized English-speaking persons 18 years of age or older, living in the United States. The 1972-2006 cumulative file is used in this exercise.

This exercise will use the following variables:

• Total Family Income (INCOME98)
• Highest Degree Earned (DEGREE)
• Income differentials in the U.S. are too big (INCGAP)
• Effort is Rewarded in America (REWRDEFF)
• Those in need have to take care of themselves (CARESELF)

Goal & Concept - Dataset - Application - Interpretation & Summary - Bibliography