VAR CF0126 R FATHER OCCUP-5 CAT SUMMARY 1952-1996

VAR CF0126    R FATHER OCCUP-5 CAT SUMMARY 1952-1996
              COLUMNS 136-136
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        What kind of work did your father (since 1978: [or father surrogate])
        do for a living while you were growing up? (since 1984: What was
        his main occupation?) (since 1986:) What were his most important
        activities or duties?  (since 1984:) What kind of business or
        industry was that?

        FATHER'S OCCUPATION (WHEN R WAS YOUNG) -
        5 CATEGORY SUMMARY 1952-1996
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         USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        Since 1984, this variable has been a recode taken from 1980 U.S.
        Census Occupation codes [recoded here from collapsed-code Census
        variables appearing in NES datasets].

        Prior to 1984, this variable was a recode from the following:
          1976-1982:  1970 U.S. Census Occupation codes
          1968-1974:  CPS Political Behavior Occupation codes
               1964:  1960 U.S. Census Occupation codes
          1956-1960:  1950 U.S. Dept. of Commerce Census of occupations

        Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases in 1960: data
        from these forms were incorporated in the (pre) var listed here for
        1960.

               1.  Professional and managerial
               2.  Clerical and sales workers
               3.  Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers
               4.  Laborers, except farm
               5.  Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen

               0.  DK; NA; father wasn't living/ not raised by father/ no
                   information for parental surrogate; member of armed
                   forces; father not in labor force; no pre (1952); short-
                   form or Spanish language (1992); question not used

        1952:  141        1956:  298         1958:  257
        1960:  180        1964:  259         1966:  228
        1968:  252        1970:  370(type 0) 1972:  413
        1974:  2534       1976:  3495        1978:  618
        1980:  705        1982:  747         1984:  694
        1986:  744        1988:  542         1992:  4126
        1996:  960710


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