happiness.des

year         educ         income       tvhours      female       y94          y04
workstat     reg16        region       vhappy       blackfemale  y96          y06
prestige     babies       attend       mothfath16   gwbush00     y98          unem10
divorce      preteen      happy        black        occattend    y00
widowed      teens        owngun       gwbush04     regattend    y02

obs:        17,137                          

year                   gss year for this respondent
workstat               work force status
prestige               occupational prestige score
divorce                ever been divorced or separated
widowed                ever been widowed
educ                   highest year of school completed
reg16                  region of residence, age 16
babies                 household members less than 6 yrs old
preteen                household members 6 thru 12 yrs old
teens                  household members 13 thru 17 yrs old
income                 total family income
region                 region of interview
attend                 how often r attends religious services
happy                  general happiness
owngun                 =1 if own gun
tvhours                hours per day watching tv
vhappy                 =1 if 'very happy'
mothfath16             =1 if live with mother and father at 16
black                  =1 if black
gwbush04               =1 if voted for G.W. Bush in 2004
female                 =1 if female
blackfemale            black*female
gwbush00               =1 if voted for G.W. Bush in 2000
occattend              =1 if attend is 3, 4, or 5
regattend              =1 if attend is 6, 7, or 8
y94                    =1 if year == 1994
y96                     
y98                         
y00                             
y02                            
y04                     
y06                    =1 if year == 2006
unem10                 =1 if unemployed in last 10 years
