VAR CF0122 RESPONDENT NORC RANK

VAR CF0122    RESPONDENT NORC RANK                                            
              COLUMNS 114  - 116                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 998                                               

        NORC PRESTIGE SCORE FOR R                                             
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        1976-1982: ORIGINAL SCORE (3-digit code, see APPENDIX "DUNCAN S.E.I   
        AND NORC PRESTIGE SCALES 1976-1982") IS BASED ON 1970 U.S. CENSUS     
        OCCUPATION CODES.                                                     
                                                                              
        Scores appearing in VCF0122 for 1976-1982 have 1 implied decimal      
        point, i.e., code 578 represents a score of 57.8.                     
                                                                              
        SEE APPENDICES "DUNCAN S.E.I. AND NORC PRESTIGE SCALES 1976-1982"     
        AND "1984 DUNCAN S.E.I.") and:                                        
                                                                              
                                                                              
               998.  R is member of armed forces or former member; R's        
                       occupation has no NORC code (2 categories: carpenter's 
                       helpers, or fishermen and oystermen)                   
                                                                              
               000.  INAP; R has never worked (unemployed or disabled)--all   
                     years; R is nonworking student or housewife--all years;  
                     R is housewife or student working less than 20 hrs       
                     per week (1976 and 1978); question not used              
                                                                              
        1976:  3414,3426         1978:  536,548         1980:  505,518        
        1982:  559,574,587,601                                                
                                                                              
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