VAR CF0126a FATHER OCCUPATION 8 CATEGORIES 1970-1976

VAR CF0126a   FATHER OCCUPATION 8 CATEGORIES 1970-1976
              COLUMNS 137-137
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9

        What kind of work did your father (since 1978: [or father surrogate])
        do for a living while you were growing up?

        FATHER'S OCCUPATION (WHEN R WAS YOUNG) -
        8 CATEGORIES 1970-1976
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

          1.  Professional, technical and kindred workers
          2.  Managers, officials and proprietors exc. farm
          3.  Clerical and kindred workers, sales workers
          4.  Craftsmen, foremen and kindred workers and
                 (authoritative) protective service workers
          5.  Operative and kindred workers
          6.  Service workers, including private household
                 Workers and (exec. authoritative) protective
                 Service workers
          7.  Laborers, except farm
          8.  Farm laborers and foremen; farmers; owners,
                 managers, tenant farmers and sharecroppers

          9.  Occupation not reported (NA); members of
                 Armed forces; not in labor force
          0.  Inap., father wasn't living; not raised by
                 father, no parallel information for paternal
                 surrogate; question not used

        1970:  700370         1972:  720413         1974:  742534
        1976:  763495


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