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VAR CF0126 R FATHER OCCUPATION

VAR CF0126    R FATHER OCCUPATION                                             
              COLUMNS 124  - 124                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0

        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 (WHEN R WAS YOUNG)                                
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         USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                       
                                                                              
        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 NES 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       
                                                                              
        Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases in 1960: data     
        from these forms were incorporated in the (pre) var listed here for   
        1960.                                                                 
                                                                              
               1.  Professional and managerial                                
               2.  Clerical and sales workers                                 
               3.  Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers                  
               4.  Laborers, except farm                                      
               5.  Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen          
                                                                              
               0.  DK; NA; father wasn't living/ not raised by father/ no     
                   information for parental surrogate; member of armed        
                   forces; father not in labor force; no pre (1952); short-   
                   form or Spanish language (1992); question not used         
                                                                              
        1952:  141        1956:  298         1958:  257                       
        1960:  180        1964:  259         1966:  228                       
        1968:  252        1970:  370(type 0) 1972:  413                       
        1974:  2534       1976:  3495        1978:  618                       
        1980:  705        1982:  747         1984:  694                       
        1986:  744        1988:  542         1992:  4126                      
        1996:  960710                                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001