Americans are putting greater importance on jobs that provide security, high income, and advancement opportunities—rewards that have become more difficult to attain. @uncpopcenter #GSS #Employment #LaborMarket #Income

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31798180

It's very curious to me how often the basic #GSS name generator question doesn't automatically lead the people I talk to to name their spouses. Out of 19 interviews so far, almost no one has named a spouse/significant other even when they do name other family members.

#socialnetworkanalysis #SNA #sociology #networkanalysis #socialnetwork #socialnetworks

{#Prion's diseases} #Russia, #Moscow: a 16-year-old boy died from #fatal family #insomnia {Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (#GSS)}, full text: https://ria.ru/20230119/bessonnitsa-1845917481.html

@ndrewwhitehead the #GSS question on whether to allow an atheist to speak is one of the most telling items in this regard - still in 2020, 20% of people wouldn't want to let them speak. https://thearda.com/data-archive/measurements/single-item-measures?scid=51
https://thearda.com/data-archive?tab=2&fid=GSSPANEL2#SPKATH_2

From the General Social Survey team at NORC:

The #GSS has released an updated version of the 2021 Cumulative data file (R3) that includes additional variables that were not contained in previous releases, namely more social, demographic, and economic data.

The data released includes updated formats and value labels for earlier GSS data releases to ensure harmony between releases. These updates and changes are detailed in the new data file release notes:

https://gss.norc.org/Documents/other/Release%20Notes%207221.pdf).

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the General Social Survey team is sponsoring an online student conference. For a chance to present, pick a #GSS variable, analyze it, and summarize the results in a tweet.

All entries must be submitted by 12/30

#publicopinion

https://tinyurl.com/gssstcomp

Now you know: Educational attainment, age 25-59, by parents' highest degree earned (US, 2018-2021). #sociology #inequality #mobility #education #gss

Now you know: Educational attainment, age 25-59, by parents' highest degree earned (US, 2018-2021). #sociology #inequality #mobility #education #gss

Intergenerational occupational mobility in the General Social Survey, 2016-2021 (for fathers and sons). How to read it, e.g.: 37.3% of sons with professional fathers are in professional occupations, compared with 22.5% of all sons, so the ratio is 1.7 (the highest value on the table). #sociology #inequality #gss