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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?
Father's occupation while growing up, 1970-1976 · Asked in 4 waves, 1970–1976 · 7,436 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dropped as not asked: 0 'Father wasn’t living; not raised by father; no parallel information for parental surrogate'; 9 'Occupation not reported (NA); members of armed forces; not in labor force'.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763495. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,076 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742534. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,455 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720413. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,515 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700370(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,390 |
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.
| Group | Professional, technical and kindred workers | Managers, officials and proprietors exc. farm | Clerical and kindred workers, sales workers | Craftsmen, foremen and kindred workers and (authoritative) protective service workers | Operative and kindred workers | Service workers, including private household workers and (exec. authoritative) protective service workers | Laborers, except farm | Farm laborers and foremen; farmers; owners, managers, tenant farmers and sharecroppers | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 8% | 13% | 6% | 21% | 15% | 2% | 8% | 28% | 2076 | ±2 | |
| Democrats | 6% | 10% | 4% | 19% | 17% | 3% | 9% | 31% | 801 | ±4 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 7% | 14% | 6% | 25% | 14% | 3% | 8% | 22% | 754 | ±4 | |
| Republicans | 11% | 16% | 8% | 17% | 11% | 1% | 5% | 32% | 496 | ±4 |
ANES 1976 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.