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The Gender Pay Gap in the General Social Survey
Description
Wage data from the General Social Survey (1974-2018) to illustrate wage discrepancies by gender (while also considering respondent occupation, age, and education).
Usage
gss_wages
Format
A data frame with 11 variables:
year
the survey year
realrinc
the respondent's base income (in constant 1986 USD)
age
the respondent's age in years
occ10
respondent's occupation code (2010)
occrecode
recode of the occupation code into one of 11 main categories
prestg10
respondent's occupational prestige score (2010)
childs
number of children (0-8)
wrkstat
the work status of the respondent (full-time, part-time, temporarily not working, unemployed (laid off), retired, school, housekeeper, other)
gender
respondent's gender (male or female)
educcat
respondent's degree level (Less Than High School, High School, Junior College, Bachelor, or Graduate)
maritalcat
respondent's marital status (Married, Widowed, Divorced, Separated, Never Married)
Details
For further details, see https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org. Consult https://census.gov for more information about occupation codes.