| VARIABLES ADDED IN 2021 |
| Gender |
| sexbirth1 |
r's sex assigned at birth (2021) |
| sexnow1 |
r's sex now (2021) |
| Born on Vietname War Draft |
| vietdraft |
born on date with a vietnam war draft lottery number |
| Part of the World Ancestors Came from |
| ethworld1 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? europe |
| ethworld2 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? africa |
| ethworld3 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? asia |
| ethworld4 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? middle east |
| ethworld5 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? south america |
| ethworld6 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? central america |
| ethworld7 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? north america |
| ethworld8 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? caribbean |
| ethworld9 |
from what part of the world did your ancestors come? oceania |
| Country/countries Ancestors Came from |
| ethregion1 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? austria |
| ethregion2 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? belgium |
| ethregion3 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? czechoslovakia |
| ethregion4 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? denmark |
| ethregion5 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? england and wales |
| ethregion6 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? finland |
| ethregion7 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? france |
| ethregion8 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? germany |
| ethregion9 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? greece |
| ethregion10 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? hungary |
| ethregion11 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? ireland |
| ethregion12 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? italy |
| ethregion13 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? lithuania |
| ethregion14 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? netherlands (dutch/holl |
| ethregion15 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? norway |
| ethregion16 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? poland |
| ethregion17 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? portugal |
| ethregion18 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? romania |
| ethregion19 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? russia (ussr) |
| ethregion20 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? scotland |
| ethregion21 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? spain |
| ethregion22 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? sweden |
| ethregion23 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? switzerland |
| ethregion24 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? turkey |
| ethregion25 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? yugoslavia |
| ethregion26 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other europe |
| ethregion27 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? algeria |
| ethregion28 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? democratic republic of |
| ethregion29 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? egypt |
| ethregion30 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? ethiopia |
| ethregion31 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? kenya |
| ethregion32 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? nigeria |
| ethregion33 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? south africa |
| ethregion34 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? sudan |
| ethregion35 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? tanzania |
| ethregion36 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? uganda |
| ethregion37 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other africa |
| ethregion38 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? bangladesh |
| ethregion39 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? china |
| ethregion40 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? india |
| ethregion41 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? indonesia |
| ethregion42 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? japan |
| ethregion43 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? pakistan |
| ethregion44 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? philippines |
| ethregion45 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? south korea |
| ethregion46 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? thailand |
| ethregion47 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? vietnam |
| ethregion48 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other asia |
| ethregion49 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? iran |
| ethregion50 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? iraq |
| ethregion51 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? israel |
| ethregion52 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? jordan |
| ethregion53 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? saudi arabia |
| ethregion54 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? syria |
| ethregion55 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? united arab emirates |
| ethregion56 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? yemen |
| ethregion57 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other middle east |
| ethregion58 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? argentina |
| ethregion59 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? bolivia |
| ethregion60 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? brazil |
| ethregion61 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? chile |
| ethregion62 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? colombia |
| ethregion63 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? ecuador |
| ethregion64 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? french guiana |
| ethregion65 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? guyana |
| ethregion66 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? paraguay |
| ethregion67 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? peru |
| ethregion68 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? suriname |
| ethregion69 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? uruguay |
| ethregion70 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? venezuela |
| ethregion71 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other south america |
| ethregion72 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? belize |
| ethregion73 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? costa rica |
| ethregion74 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? el salvador |
| ethregion75 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? guatemala |
| ethregion76 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? honduras |
| ethregion77 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? mexico |
| ethregion78 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? nicaragua |
| ethregion79 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? panama |
| ethregion80 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other central america |
| ethregion81 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? american indian |
| ethregion82 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? canada |
| ethregion83 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? canada (french) |
| ethregion84 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? puerto rico |
| ethregion85 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other north america |
| ethregion86 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? cuba |
| ethregion87 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? haiti |
| ethregion88 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? dominican republic |
| ethregion89 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? jamaica |
| ethregion90 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other caribbean |
| ethregion91 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? australia |
| ethregion92 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? papua new guinea |
| ethregion93 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? new zealand |
| ethregion94 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? samoa |
| ethregion95 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? jamaica |
| ethregion96 |
from what country or countries did your ancestors come? other oceania |
| Race |
| raceacs1 |
white |
| raceacs2 |
black |
| raceacs3 |
american indian or alaska native |
| raceacs4 |
asian indian |
| raceacs5 |
chinese |
| raceacs6 |
filipino |
| raceacs7 |
japanese |
| raceacs8 |
korean |
| raceacs9 |
vietnamese |
| raceacs10 |
other asian |
| raceacs11 |
native hawaiian |
| raceacs12 |
guamanian or chamorro |
| raceacs13 |
samoan |
| raceacs14 |
other pacific islander |
| raceacs15 |
some other race |
| raceacs16 |
hispanic |
| College Respondent Attended |
| barate |
rate of ba degree earning in college respondent attended |
| eftotlt |
total number of students enrolled in college respondent attended |
| gradtounder |
ratio of graduate students to undergraduate students in college respondent atten |
| Employment |
| wrkgovt1 |
govt employee |
| wrkgovt2 |
private employee |
| pawrkslf2 |
at this job, was [dadfill] an employee, self-employed without employees, or self |
| Parent's Born in this Country |
| maborn |
was r's mother born in this country? |
| paborn |
was r's father born in this country? |
| Father/Mother Employment |
| pawrkslffam |
father owned family business or farm |
| mawrkslf2 |
mother employee, self-employed without employees, or self-employed with employee |
| mawrkslffam |
mother owned family business or farm |
| Government Policies |
| goveqinc1 |
govnmnt should fix income differences |
| immlimit |
amerca should limit immigration to protect way of life |
| Trust in Institutions |
| trresrch |
how much do you trust university research centers? |
| trmedia |
how much do you trust the news media? |
| trbusind |
how much do you trust business and industry? |
| trlegis |
how much do you trust the u.s. congress? |
| Climate Change |
| clmtcaus |
climate has been changing due to human activity |
| clmtwrld |
impact of climate change for world |
| clmtusa |
impact of climate change for america |
| Nature and Environment |
| naturdev |
accept a reduction in the size of protected nature areas in america |
| indusgen1 |
in general, do you think that air pollution caused by industry is… |
| chemgen1 |
pesticides danger to envir |
| watergen1 |
water pollution danger to envir |
| genegen |
how dangerous modifying genes in crops |
| genegen1 |
how dangerous modifying genes in crops |
| nukegen1 |
nuke power danger to envir |
| enjoynat |
how much do you enjoy being outside in nature? |
| activnat |
outside leisure activity in the past 12 months |
| Travel |
| planetrp |
plane trip in the past 12 months |
| carhr |
car trip in the past 12 months |
| Eat Meat |
| eatmeat |
in a typical week, on how many days do you eat beef, lamb, or products that cont |
| Home and Neighborhood |
| numrooms |
number of rooms in home |
| airpollu |
neighborhood affected by air pollution over the last 12 months |
| wtrpollu |
neighborhood affected by water pollution over the last 12 months |
| exweathr |
neighborhood affected by extreme weather over the last 12 months |
| Income Inequality, Immigration and Class |
| opbribes |
need to give bribes to get ahead |
| mkt1 |
private companies should reduce inc differences |
| respineq |
who should have greatest responsibility for reducing inc differences |
| govineq1 |
politicians do not care about reducing inc differences |
| govineq2 |
us govt success in reducing inc differences |
| ineqmad |
feeling about differences in wealth |
| migrpoor |
people from poor countries should be allowed to work in wealthy countries. |
| conimm |
conflict between natives and immigrants |
| rank1 |
r's self ranking of social position (2021) |
| rank16 |
r's self ranking of family at age 16 |
| rank10fut |
r's social rank 10 years later |
| fairdist |
how fair is the income distribution in america |
| contpoor |
how often r has contact with poor people |
| contrich |
how often r has contact with rich people |
| endsme12 |
during the next 12 months, how difficult r's household to make ends meet |
| skipmeal |
how often r's household skip a meal |
| class1 |
subjective class identification (2021) |
| Pain |
| ratepain1 |
in the past 7 days, r's average pain (2021) |
| Religion |
| norelgsp |
is r atheist or agnostic |
| evangclx |
is r born again or evangelical |
| evangcly |
is r evangelical christian |
| religimp |
how important is religion |
| relidimp |
how important is r's religion |
| relidesc |
how well r's religion describes r |
| relidwe |
how often r says 'we' when talking about r's religion |
| relidins |
to what extent r feels insulted if someone criticized r's religion |
| biblauth |
bible is highest authority |
| evngelze |
important to encourage non-christians to accept jesus as savior |
| sinsacri |
jesus' death on cross is only sacrifice that could remove penalty of r's sin |
| chrstsav |
only those who accept jesus as savior can achieve salvation |
| sprtconnct |
how often r felt connected to world around them |
| sprtlrgr |
how often r felt part of something larger than themselves |
| sprtpurp |
how often r felt a sense of larger meaning in life |
| mditate1 |
how often do you meditate? |
| grtwrks |
the great works of philosophy and science are the best source of truth, wisdom, |
| freemind |
to understand the world, we must free our minds from old traditions and beliefs |
| decevidc |
when i make important decisions in my life, i rely mostly on reason and evidence |
| advfmsci |
all of the greatest advances for humanity have come from science and technology |
| prochoic |
i consider myself pro-choice. |
| prolife |
i consider myself pro-life. |
| godusa |
the success of the us is part of god’s plan |
| govchrst |
the federal government should advocate christian values. |
| Business and Government Policies |
| buseqinc |
pay difference in companies |
| trdunio1 |
workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests |
| boardrep |
workers should be represented on the board of directors at major companies |
| upwages |
the government should ensure that the wages of low-paying jobs increase as the e |
| limitpay |
the government should take steps to limit the pay of executives at major compani |
| govfnanc |
govt should finance projects to create new jobs |
| dclindus |
govt should support declining industries to protect jobs |
| govfnaid |
govt should give financial assistance to college students from low-income famili |
| HIV |
| hivafraid |
afraid to be around a person with hiv |
| hivimmrl |
people with hiv have participated in immoral activities |
| hivdscrm |
there is a lot of discrimination against people with hiv |
| Sexual Partners |
| ptnrornt |
recent partner's sexual orientation |
| ptnrsxbrth |
recent partner's sex at birth |
| ptnrsxnow |
recent partner's sex now |
| Police and Race |
| poltrtblk |
police treats whites better than blacks |
| poltrthsp |
police treats whites better than latinos or latinos better than whites |
| defund |
move funds for police to social service |
| strvbias |
priority for criminal justice system |
| strvbiasy |
bigger priority for criminal justice system |
| racesurv17 |
how much, if at all, do you think the legacy of slavery affects the position of |
| Confidence in Pharmaceutical Companies |
| conpharvac |
confidence in pharmaceutical companies x |
| conpharvacy |
confidence in pharmaceutical companies y |
| Confidence in Federal Government |
| confedvac |
confidence in the federal government x |
| confedvacy |
confidence in the federal government y |
| Free Speech |
| spkathy |
allow anti-religionist to speak y |
| libathy |
allow anti-religionist to teach y |
| spkracy |
allow anti-religious book in library y |
| libracy |
allow racists book in library y |
| spkcomy |
allow communist to speak y |
| colcomy |
should communist teacher be fired y |
| libcomy |
allow communists book in library y |
| spkmily |
allow militarist to speak y |
| libmily |
allow militarists book in library y |
| spkhomoy |
allow homosexual to speak y |
| libhomoy |
allow homosexuals book in library y |
| spkmslmy |
allow muslim clergymen preaching hatred of the us y |
| libmslmy |
allow anti-american muslim clergymen's books in library y |
| Police |
| polhitoky |
ever approve of police striking citizen y |
| polabusey |
citizen said vulgar or obscene things y |
| polattaky |
citizen attacking policeman with fists y |
| Experiments |
| uswaryv |
expect u.s. in war within 10 years (with volunteered response on web) |
| prayerv |
bible prayer in public schools (with volunteered response on web) |
| courtsv |
courts dealing with criminals (with volunteered response on web) |
| discaffwv |
a woman won't get a job or promotion (with volunteered response on web) |
| racopenv |
vote on open housing law (with volunteered response on web) |
| getaheadv |
opinion of how people get ahead (with volunteered response on web) |
| divlawv |
divorce laws (with volunteered response on web) |
| helpfulv |
people helpful or looking out for selves (with volunteered response on web) |
| fairv |
people fair or try to take advantage (with volunteered resposne on web) |
| trustv |
can people be trusted (with volunteered response on web) |
| agedv |
should aged live with their children (with volunteered response on web) |
| grassv |
should marijuana be made legal (with volunteered response on web) |
| relitenv |
strength of affiliation (with volunteered response on web) |
| biblev |
feelings about the bible (with volunteered response on web) |
| postlifev |
belief in life after death (with volunteered response on web) |
| kidssolv |
r's kids living standard compared to r (with volunteered response on web) |
| uscitznv |
is r us citizen (with volunteered response on web) |
| fucitznv |
is r planning/appling for us citizenship or not (with volunteered response on we |
| fepolv |
women not suited for politics (with volunteered response on web) |
| scibnftsv |
benefits of sci research outweigh harmful results (with volunteered response on |
| uswarynv |
expect u.s. in war within 10 years (no volunteered response on web) |
| prayernv |
bible prayer in public schools (no volunteered response on web) |
| courtsnv |
courts dealing with criminals (no volunteered response on web) |
| discaffwnv |
a woman won't get a job or promotion (no volunteered response on web) |
| racopennv |
vote on open housing law (no volunteered response on web) |
| getaheadnv |
opinion of how people get ahead (no volunteered response on web) |
| divlawnv |
divorce laws (no volunteered response on web) |
| helpfulnv |
people helpful or looking out for selves (no volunteered response on web) |
| fairnv |
people fair or try to take advantage (no volunteered response on web) |
| trustnv |
can people be trusted (no volunteered response on web) |
| agednv |
should aged live with their children (no volunteered response on web) |
| grassnv |
should marijuana be made legal (no volunteered response on web) |
| relitennv |
strength of affiliation (no volunteered response on web) |
| biblenv |
feelings about the bible (no volunteered response on web) |
| postlifenv |
belief in life after death (no volunteered response on web) |
| kidssolnv |
r's kids living standard compared to r (no volunteered response on web) |
| uscitznnv |
is r us citizen (no volunteered response on web) |
| fucitznnv |
is r planning/appling for us citizenship or not (no volunteered response on web) |
| fepolnv |
women not suited for politics (no volunteered response on web) |
| abanyg |
abortion if woman wants for any reason (grid on web) |
| abdefectg |
strong chance of serious defect (grid on web) |
| abnomoreg |
married--wants no more children (grid on web) |
| abhlthg |
woman's health seriously endangered (grid on web) |
| abpoorg |
low income--cant afford more children (grid on web) |
| abrapeg |
pregnant as result of rape (grid on web) |
| absingleg |
not married (grid on web) |
| suicide1g |
suicide if incurable disease |
| suicide2g |
suicide if bankrupt |
| suicide3g |
suicide if dishonored family |
| suicide4g |
suicide if tired of living |
| SURVEY ADMINISTRATIVE VARIABLES |
| Language |
| inthisp |
is interviewer spanish, hispanic or latino |
| intrace1 |
interviewer s race1 |
| intrace2 |
interviewer s race2 |
| intrace3 |
interviewer s race3 |
| spanself |
if this interview had only been available in english, would you... |
| spanint |
if no spanish, r could have been interviewed in english |
| spaneng |
interviews conducted in spanish or english |
| Residence |
| cshutyp06 |
during march-may 2006, was r resident in household or institution |
| cshutyp08 |
during april-june 2008, was r resident in household or institution |
| cshutyp10 |
during april-june 2010, was r resident in household or institution |
| res2006 |
was r living in usa during march-may 2006 |
| res2008 |
was r living in usa during april-june 2008 |
| res2010 |
was r living in usa during april-june 2010 |
| res2012 |
was r living in usa during april-june 2012 |
| cshutyp12 |
during april-june 2012, was r resident in household or institution |
| Version |
| fileversion |
gss data file version |
| ballot |
ballot used for interview |
| version |
version of questionnaire |
| issp |
filter for issp cases |
| found |
case was retrievable in 2012 |
| Sampling |
| sampcode |
sampling error code |
| sample |
sampling frame and method |
| phase |
subsampling: two-phase design. |
| sdastrata |
SDA Stratum Variable for GSS |
| sdaclusters |
SDA Cluster Variable for GSS |
| vpsu |
variance primary sampling unit |
| vstrat |
variance stratum |
| Weights -- Sampling and Post-stratification |
| compwt |
Composite Weight |
| wtssnrps |
person post-stratification weight, nonrespondents adjusted |
| wtssall |
weight variable |
| wtssnr |
weight variable |
| wtss |
weight variable |
| oversamp |
weights for black oversamples |
| formwt |
weight deal with experimental randomization |
| wtssps |
person post-stratification weight |
| Ballot-form Weights for 2002, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2018 |
| ballotformwt |
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| ballotformwtnr |
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| Interviewer Characteristics and Misc |
| saqissp |
r did issp module |
| saqsex |
r did sex module |
| saqgene |
r did gene module for 2004 |
| intid |
interviewer id |
| feeused |
fee given to get case |
| lngthinv |
how long was interview |
| intage |
age of interviewer |
| easyget |
how difficult was case to get |
| intethn |
race of interviewer |
| mode |
interview done in-person or over the phone |
| intsex |
sex of interviewer |
| feelevel |
amount of fees paid |
| intyrs |
years of service as an interviewer at norc |
| consent |
participation/recording consent |
| National Death Index (See NORC Codebook) |
| death |
r's possible vital status as of 2014 |