V18: P15: RESPONDENTS OCCUPATION

Name: V18

Label: P15: RESPONDENTS OCCUPATION

Question:

If employed, what is your major occupation. What sort of-work
do you do? (PROBE UNTIL YOU GET A CODEABLE JOB DESCRIPTION.)

If retired or disabled, what kind of work did you do when 
working? (PROBE UNTIL YOU GET A CODEABLE JOB DESCRIPTION.)

If unemployed, and previously held a full-time job, what sort
of work did he or she do on his or her last full-time job?
(PROBE UNTIL YOU GET A CODEABLE JOB DESCRIPTION.)
            

Response Categories

Code	Label	Freq.	%
1		9	0.5
2		84	4.9
3		71	4.1
4		255	14.8
5		29	1.7
6		138	8.0
7		82	4.8
9	Uncodable	0	0.0
Missing Data
8	Not applicable	1057	61.3
Total		1725	100%

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Summary Statistics

• total responses: 1725
• valid: 668
• invalid: 1057
• minimum: 1.00
• maximum: 7.00
• mode: 4.00
• mean: 4.43
• median: 4.00
• standard deviation: 1.59

Source

This variable was taken from: National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave I, 1976. You may:

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