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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 while respondent was growing up · Asked in 19 waves, 1952–1996 · 34,283 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 0 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 0 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: 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 ANES 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 1960 NOTE: Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases: data from these forms were incorporated.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960710. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V924126. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,116 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880542. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860744. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840694. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820747. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800705. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Professional and managerial |
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| Clerical and sales workers |
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| Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers |
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| Laborers, except farm |
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| Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 26% | 7% | 48% | 5% | 14% | 1714 | ±3 | |
| Men | 26% | 6% | 48% | 5% | 14% | 768 | ±4 | |
| Women | 25% | 7% | 49% | 6% | 13% | 946 | ±4 |
ANES 1996 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 |
| face to face |
| 2,304 |
| 2,304 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763495. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,248 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742534. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,575 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720413. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,705 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700370(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,507 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680252. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,557 |
| ANES 1966 Time Series Study Source variable: V660228. | 1966-11-08 to 1967-02-01 | face to face | 1,291 | 1,291 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640259. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,571 |
| ANES 1960 Time Series Study Source variable: V600180. | 1960-09-12 to 1960-12-26 | face to face | 1,181 | 1,179 |
| ANES 1958 Time Series Study Source variable: V580257. | 1958-11-05 to 1958-12-25 | face to face | 1,450 | 1,450 |
| ANES 1956 Time Series Study Source variable: V560298. | 1956-09-17 to 1957-01-19 | face to face | 1,762 | 1,762 |
| ANES 1952 Time Series Study Source variable: V520141. | 1952-09-15 | face to face | 1,899 | 1,799 |