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VAR 000936 Y12a(4). Prestige code (blanked) retired

VAR 000936    Y12a(4). Prestige code (blanked) retired
              MD1: EQ 0,  MD2: GE 99.99
              COLUMNS:  1858 - 1858
              Numeric

   Y12a(4).

   IF RETIRED IS AN EMPLOYMENT STATUS CATEGORY IN Y6(1):

       What kind of work did you do on your last regular job
       (What was your occupation?)
       What were your most important duties or activities?

       R OCCUPATION: PRESTIGE SCORE (BLANKED)
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       The stacked version of this question is at Y17(3), at end of
       R employment section.
       Prestige scores are based on Occupational Prestige Ratings
       from the 1989 General Social Survey, by James A. Davis,
       Robert W. Hodge, Keiko Nakao, Tom W. Smith, and Judith
       Treas (ICPSR 9593), Inter-university Consortium for
       Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor MI  48106,
       December 1991.
       Prestige Score data have been coded 0 missing to preserve
       respondents' anonymity.  Contact NES project staff for
       information about a procedure by which it is possible to
       gain access to this data.

       99.99. 995,998,999 in Y12a(2)
       00.00. INAP, 1,2,4,5,6,7,0 in Y6(1); 5,8,9 or NA in Y9

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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 19 01:35:33 EST 2001