Social Statisitics

Please choose your project variables from the following list of GSS 2016 variables: For dependent variable (topic of interest) - Education educ (highest year of school completed) degree (r’s highest degree) Employment/Labor/Class wrkstat (Labor force status) hrs1 (hours worked last week) class (Subjective class identification) unemp (Ever unemployed in last ten yrs) parsol (Rs living standard compared to parents) stress (How often does r find work stressful) jobsat (How satisfied is r with his/her job) Family marital (marital status) divorce (ever been divorced or separated) sibs (number of brothers and sisters) childs (number of children) agekdbrn (R’s age when 1st child born) hapmar (Happiness of marriage)
chldidel (Ideal number of children) sexfreq (Frequency of sex during last year) sexornt (Sexual orientation) spanking (Favor spanking to discipline child) fechld (Mother working doesn't hurt children) fepresch (Preschool kids suffer if mother works) fefam (Better for man to work, woman tend home)
marhomo (Homosexuals should have right to marry) divlaw (Divorce law) Health and mental health happy (General happiness) health (Condition of health) mntlhlth (Days of poor mental health past 30 days) hivtest (Have you ever been tested for hiv) cesd1 (How much time felt depressed in past wk) Income realrinc (Rs income in constant $) income16 (Total family income) rincom16 (Respondents income)

Military vetyears (Years in armed forces) Politics partyid (Political party affiliation) cappun (Favor or oppose death penalty for murder) gunlaw (Favor or oppose gun permits) grass (should marijuana be made legal) tapphone (Should authorities have right to tap phone conversation) Religion relig (Rs religious preference) fund (How fundamentalist is r currently) attend (How often r attends religious services) reliten (Strength of affiliation) postlife (Belief in life after death) pray (How often does r pray) popespks (Pope is infallible on matters of faith or morals) relig16 (Religion in which raised) denom16 (Denomination in which r was raised) fund16 (How fundamentalist was r at age 16) sprel (Spouses religious preference) spden (Specific denomination, spouse) spfund (How fundamentalist is spouse currently) prayer (Bible prayer in public schools) Social relations socrel (Spend evening with relatives) socommun (Spend evening with neighbor) socfrend (Spend evening with friends) socbar (Spend evening at bar) Technology tvhours (Hours per day watching tv) wwwhr (Www hours per week) newsfrom (Main source of information about events in the news) twitter (Use twitter) facebook (Use facebook) Opinions about government spending natspac (Space exploration program) natenvir (Improving & protecting environment) natheal (Improving & protecting nations health) natcrime (Halting rising crime rate )

natdrug (Dealing with drug addiction) nateduc (Improving nations education system) natarms (Military, armaments, and defense) natfare (Welfare) natsoc (Social security) natenrgy (Developing alternative energy sources) helppoor (Should govt improve standard of living?) helpsick (Should govt help pay for medical care?) Opinions on types of speech/teaching spkrac (Allow racist to speak) colrac (Allow racist to teach) colhomo (Allow homosexual to teach) spkmslm (Allow muslim clergymen preaching hatred of the us) colmslm (Allow anti-american muslim clergymen teaching in college) revspeak (Allow revolutionary public meetings) Opinions about race wrkwayup (Blacks overcome prejudice without favors) Opinions about abortion abdefect (Strong chance of serious defect ) abnomore (Married--wants no more children) abhlth (Woman's health seriously endangered) abpoor (Low income--cant afford more children) abrape (Pregnant as result of rape) absingle (Not married) abany (Abortion if woman wants for any reason) Opinions about sex pillok (Birth control to teenagers 14-16) sexeduc (Sex education in public schools) premarsx (Sex before marriage) teensex (Sex before marriage -- teens 14-16) xmarsex (Sex with person other than spouse) homosex (Homosexual sex relations) pornlaw (Feelings about pornography laws) Opinions about euthanasia/suicide letdie1 (Allow incurable patients to die) suicide1 (Suicide if incurable disease) suicide2 (Suicide if bankrupt ) suicide3 (Suicide if dishonored family) suicide4 (Suicide if tired of living)

For independent variable (variable than influences the DV) - sex (respondents sex) race (race of respondent) eth1 (1st mentioned country of origin) born (Was r born in this country) res16 (Type of place lived in when 16 yrs old) family16 (Living with parents when 16 yrs old) mawrkgrw (Mothers employment when r was 16) incom16 (Rs family income when 16 yrs old) relig16 (Religion in which raised) hhtype1 (Household type (condensed)) educ (highest year of school completed) degree (r’s highest degree) paeduc (highest year school completed, father) maeduc (highest year of school complete, mother) wrkstat (Labor force status) hrs1 (hours worked last week) class (Subjective class identification) unemp (Ever unemployed in last ten yrs) parsol (Rs living standard compared to parents) stress (How often does r find work stressful) jobsat (How satisfied is r with his/her job) marital (marital status) divorce (ever been divorced or separated) sibs (number of brothers and sisters) childs (number of children) agekdbrn (R’s age when 1st child born) hapmar (Happiness of marriage) sexfreq (Frequency of sex during last year) sexornt (Sexual orientation) happy (General happiness) health (Condition of health) mntlhlth (Days of poor mental health past 30 days) hivtest (Have you ever been tested for hiv) cesd1 (How much time felt depressed in past wk) realrinc (Rs income in constant $)

income16 (Total family income) rincom16 (Respondents income) vetyears (Years in armed forces) partyid (Political party affiliation) relig (Rs religious preference) fund (How fundamentalist is r currently) attend (How often r attends religious services) reliten (Strength of affiliation) postlife (Belief in life after death) pray (How often does r pray) sprel (Spouses religious preference) spden (Specific denomination, spouse) spfund (How fundamentalist is spouse currently) prayer (Bible prayer in public schools) socrel (Spend evening with relatives) socommun (Spend evening with neighbor) socfrend (Spend evening with friends) socbar (Spend evening at bar) tvhours (Hours per day watching tv) wwwhr (Www hours per week) newsfrom (Main source of information about events in the news) twitter (Use twitter) facebook (Use facebook)

For more information about the variables: Step 1: go to the GSS Data Explorer website: https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/ (You don't need an account to explore the GSS data site. But you are more than welcome to create an account.)

Step 2: click "Search Variables" (the one on the LEFT of the orange button for creating an account). Once you click that, you'll see the next Search Data page: enter a key word for a general topic or enter the variable name for the specific variable. For example, "drug" will give you more than one result about drugs (see below). Notice in the middle that you can filter by years. Be sure to filter to 2016, since we are only using the 2016 data.