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What kind of work did your father or father surrogate do for a living while you were growing up? What was his main occupation? (SINCE 1986: ) What were his most important activities or duties? What kind of business or industry was that?
Father's occupation while growing up, 1984-1992 · Asked in 4 waves, 1984–1992 · 8,585 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; short form or Spanish language questionnaire (1992)'. Kept and flagged: 98 (dk), 99 (no_answer).
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 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V924126. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,243 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880542. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,002 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860744. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,131 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840694. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,209 |
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 | Executive, administrative and managerial | Professional speciality occupations | Technicians and related support occupations | Sales occupation | Administrative support, including clerical | Protective service | Service exc. protective and household | Farming, forestry and fishing occupations | Precision production, craft and repair occupations | Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors | Transportation and material, moving occupations | Handler, equipment cleaners, helpers and laborers | Member of armed forces | Not in labor force | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 11% | 9% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 21% | 21% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 2243 | ±2 | |
| Liberals | 15% | 14% | 2% | 11% | 2% | ||||||||||||
| Moderates | 14% | 8% | 0% | 6% | 4% | ||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 14% | 11% | 1% | 7% | 2% |
ANES 1992 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.
| 1% |
| 3% |
| 11% |
| 19% |
| 7% |
| 5% |
| 6% |
| 4% |
| 0% |
| 453 |
| ±5 |
| 2% |
| 2% |
| 17% |
| 21% |
| 12% |
| 7% |
| 4% |
| 3% |
| 0% |
| 523 |
| ±4 |
| 3% |
| 2% |
| 21% |
| 22% |
| 6% |
| 6% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 0% |
| 674 |
| ±4 |