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Other than being a housewife, did your mother (or mother substitute) have a job while you were growing up? (IF YES: ) What kind of work did she do while you were growing up? (What was her main occupation?) (1986,1988,1992: What were her most important activities or duties? What kind of (business/industry was that?)
Mother's occupation while growing up, 1984-1992 · Asked in 4 waves, 1984–1992 · 8,786 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dropped as not asked: 0 'Mother wasn’t living; not raised by mother; 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: V924127,V924128. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,313 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880543,V880544. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860745,V860746. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840695,V840696. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
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 | Private household | 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 | 2% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 3% | 0% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 53% | 2313 | ±2 | |
| Liberals | 3% | 11% | 2% | 5% | 15% | 3% | 0% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 6% | – | – | |||||
| Moderates | 3% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 2% | ||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 3% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 10% |
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.
| – |
| 44% |
| 469 |
| ±5 |
| – |
| 11% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 9% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 49% |
| 538 |
| ±4 |
| 1% |
| 0% |
| 7% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 7% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| – |
| 55% |
| 688 |
| ±4 |