NAME: 1993 General Social Survey Subset (GSS93.DAT) SIZE: 1500 observations, 22 variables SOURCE: SPSS sample data set. DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: These data are a subset of subjects and variables from a large social/demographic survey. The data provided here are a portion of that distributed by SPSS as part of their sample data sets. LIST OF VARIABLES: Variable Description Position Coding _______________________________________________________________________________ ID Identification code 1-4 MAR_STAT Marital Status 5 1 = married 2 = widowed 3 = divorced 4 = separated 5 = never married 9 = missing AGE Age 6-7 0,98,99 = missing EDUC Education 8 0 = less than High School 1 - High School 2 = Junior College 3 = Bachelor's Degree 4 = Graduate Degree 7,8,9 = missing GENDER Gender 9 1=m, 2=f ETHNIC Ethnicity 10 1=White, 2=Black, 3=Other RELIG Religion 11 1 = Protestant 2 = Catholic 3 = Jewish 4 = None 5 = Other 8,9 = missing CAP_PUN Capital Punishment 12 1=favor, 2=oppose, 0,8,9=missing GUN_LAW Gun Laws 13 same as cappun SEX_ED Sex Education 14 same as cappun ILL_DIE Let Critically Ill Die 15 same as cappun READ_NEWS Read Newspaper 16 1 = every day 2 = a few times per week 3 = once a week 4 = rarely 5 = never 0,8,9 = missing NEWS_TV Watch News on TV 17 same as readnews NEWS_PBS Watch News on PBS 18 same as readnews BIG_BAND Big Band Music 19 1 = like very much 2 = like 3 = mixed feelings 4 = dislike 5 = dislike a lot 0,8,9 = missing BLUE_GRASS Blue Grass Music 20 same as bigband CNTRY_WEST Country-Western Music 21 same as bigband BLUES Blues Music 22 same as bigband MUSCICALS Musicals 23 same as bigband CLASSICAL Classical Music 24 same as bigband FOLK Folk Music 25 same as bigband JAZZ Jazz 26 same as bigband _______________________________________________________________________________________