SOC-400 Week 8 Exercise 15.1
February 5, 2017 Exercise 15.1
Analyzing Data on the Web
Visit the GSS Cumulative Data file by going to
http://sda.berkeley.edu/archive.htmandhittingonthemostrecentGSSCumulativeDataFile Do your
own uni variate, bi variate, and multivariate analyses of marital status (called“marital”in the code
book) and labor force status (“wrkstat”), controlling for gender (“sex”). Do you remember what
we said the modal marital status (married, divorced, separated, or never married) is among adults
in the United States? Why don’t you check for yourself? Start the “Browse code book” action, hit
the “standard code book, ”hit the “sequential variable list,” and click on “Personal and Family
Information.” Find the variable named “marital” and hit on it. Which, in fact, has been the modal
marital status among adults in the United States?
Now, consider the variable “labor force status” (“wrkstat” in the code book). Which labor force
status would you expect to be the most common among adults in the United States: working full
time, working part time, temporarily not working, retired, in school, keeping house, or something
else? State your guess. Now find the variable named “wrkstat.” Which, in fact, is the modal labor
force status among adults in the United States? Were you right?
Now consider both marital status and labor force status: Which marital status would you expect
to have the greatest representation in the full-time labor force? State your guess in the form of a
hypothesis. Now return to the original GSS menu (where you found the “browse code book”
option before). This time, click “frequencies and cross tabulation.” Where the menu asks for
“row” variable, type “wrkstat.” Where it asks for “column” variable type “marital.” Then run the
table.” Which marital status does, in fact, have the greatest percentage of its members employed
“full-time”? Were you right?
Now consider the relationship between marital status and labor force participation, controlling
for gender. Which marital status would you expect to have the greatest representation in the fulltime labor force for men? Which marital status would you expect to have the greatest
representation in the full-time labor force for women? Now return to the original GSS menu.
This time, click “frequencies and cross tabulation.” Where the menu asks for “row” variable,
type “wrkstat.” Where it asks for “column” variable, type “marital.” Where it asks for “control”
variable, type “sex.” Which marital status does, in fact, have the greatest percentage of members
employed “full-time” among men? Among women? Were you right ?

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