Comments on: Using the General Social Survey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/07/using-the-general-social-survey/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Evan Harper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/07/using-the-general-social-survey/#comment-22984 Evan Harper Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:11:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=4799#comment-22984 Many, many, thanks for this. As somebody who enjoys debating politics & social issues to an almost unhealthy degree, I can see this will be a gold mine for me. Many, many, thanks for this. As somebody who enjoys debating politics & social issues to an almost unhealthy degree, I can see this will be a gold mine for me.

]]> By: Razib Khan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/07/using-the-general-social-survey/#comment-22983 Razib Khan Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:19:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=4799#comment-22983 browse through the demographic variables in the hierarchical menu. here are ones i use a lot sex , 1 = male, 2= female (e.g., sex(1) age (just put in the number, e.g., age(65-*) or age(18-35) race, 1 = white, 2= black, 3 = other year polviews, 0 = very lib, 6 = very conserv, 3 = moderate (there's slightly and just generic lib or cons in between) partyid, like polviews, but 1-7 strong dem to strong repub god, goes from atheist to "know god exists" (enter in numbers, 1 to 7 i think) degree, 0-4, no HS to grad school wordsum, 0-10, the 0-4 i usually put into one "stupid" class because the N's get small here bible, literalist, non-literalist, bible book of fables relig region just use the "view" feature for some of these browse through the demographic variables in the hierarchical menu. here are ones i use a lot

sex , 1 = male, 2= female (e.g., sex(1)
age (just put in the number, e.g., age(65-*) or age(18-35)
race, 1 = white, 2= black, 3 = other
year
polviews, 0 = very lib, 6 = very conserv, 3 = moderate (there’s slightly and just generic lib or cons in between)
partyid, like polviews, but 1-7 strong dem to strong repub
god, goes from atheist to “know god exists” (enter in numbers, 1 to 7 i think)
degree, 0-4, no HS to grad school
wordsum, 0-10, the 0-4 i usually put into one “stupid” class because the N’s get small here
bible, literalist, non-literalist, bible book of fables
relig
region

just use the “view” feature for some of these

]]> By: Katharine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/07/using-the-general-social-survey/#comment-22982 Katharine Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:56:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=4799#comment-22982 Is there a general list of the selection filters I can find? This is sort of fun to manipulate for s#!+s and giggles. Is there a general list of the selection filters I can find? This is sort of fun to manipulate for s#!+s and giggles.

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