1. Conduct a trend analysis of some variable of interest. Graph it and try diffe

1. Conduct a trend analysis of some variable of interest. Graph it and try different functional forms. Look for subgroup variation across time, too. Extra credit if you consider other variables as a means of explaining the trend. Explain all of your results.
List of variables in the GSS that could be analyzed across time:
“abany”, “acqntsex”, “affrmact”, “age”, “aged”, “agekdbrn”, “agewed”, “anomia5”, “arrest”, “attend”, “bible”, “birthmo”, “blksimp”, “born”, “burglr”, “busing”, “canada”, “cappun”, “childs”, “china”, “chldidel”, “chldmore”, “chldnum “, “chngtme “, “class”, “closeblk”, “closewht”, “cohort”, “colath”, “colcom”, “colhomo”, “colrac”, “colmil”, “commun”, “comprend”, “compuse”, “conarmy”,
“conbus”, “conclerg”, “coneduc”, “confed”, “confinan”, “conjudge”, “conlabor”, “conlegis”, “conpress”, “consci”, “contv”, “coop”, “courts”, “crack30”, “death16”, “death5”, “degree”, “denom”, “denom16”, “discaff”, “discaffm”, “discaffw”, “divlaw”, “divorce”, “divorce5”, “dotdata”, “dotged”, “dotpeop”, “dotpres”, “dotsvp”, “dotthng”, “drink”, “drunk”, “dwelling”, “dwelown”, “earnrs”, “educ”,
“egypt”, “england”, “eqwlth”, “ethnum”, “evbuyhme”, “evidu”, “evcrack”, “evidu”, “evpaidsx”, “evsmoke”, “evstray”, “evwork”, “fair”, “famgen”, “family16”, “fear”, “fechld”, “fefam”, “fehelp”, “fehome”, “fejobaff”, “fepol”, “fepres”, “fework”, “finalter”, “finrela”, “frndking”, “frndsex”, “fund”, “fund16”, “getahead”, “god”, “goodlife”, “goveqinc”, “granborn”, “grass”, “gun”, “gunage”, “gunlaw”, “hapmar”, “happy”, “health”, “helpblk”, “helpful”, “helppoor”, “helpoth”, “helpsick”, “hit”,
“hitdrunk”, “hitrobbr”, “hlthdays”, “homosex”, “hrs1”, “hunt”, “id”, “jew”, “jew16”, “jobfind”, “jobhour”, “jobinc”, “joblose”, “jobmeans”, “jobpromo”, “jobsec”, “kidssol”, “letdie1”, “libath”, “libcom”, “libhomo “, “libmil”, “librac”, “life”, “liveblks”, “madeg”, “maeduc”, “marcohrt”, “marital”, “matesex”, “mawork”, “mawrkgrw”, “mawrkslf”, “memchurh”, “memhobby”, “mntlhlth”, “mobile16”,
“moregood”, “nataid”, “natarms”, “natcity”, “natcrime”, “natdrug”, “nateduc”, “natenvir”, “natfare”, “natheal”, “natrace”, “natspac”, “news”, “nummen”, “numemps”, “numwomen”, “obey”, “other”, “othersex”, “owngu”, “padeath”, “padeg”, “paeduc”, “paidsex”, “parborn”, “parsol”, “partfull”, “partners”, “partnrs5”, “partyid”, “pawrkslf”, “phone”, “pikupsex”, “pillok”, “pistol”, “polabuse”, “polattak”, “polescap”, “polhitok”, “polmurdr”, “polviews”, “popular”, “porninf”, “pornlaw”, “pornmorl”, “pornout”, “pornrape”, “postlife”, “pray”, “prayer”, “premarsx”, “preteen”, “race”, “racfew”, “rachaf”, “raclive”, “racmar”, “racmost”, “racopen”, “racpush”, “racwork”, “realinc”, “realrinc”, “reg16”, “region”, “relig”, “relig16”, “reliten”, “richwork”, “rifle”, “rowngun”, “rplace”,
“satfin”, “satfrnd”, “sathealt”, “sathobby”, “satjob”, “sex”, “sexeduc”, “sexsex”, “shotgun”, “sibs”, “size”, “smoke”, “socbar”, “socfrend”, “socommun”, “socpars”, “socrel”, “spanking”, “spdeath”, “spdeg”, “speduc”, “spevwork”, “spfund”, “spfund16”, “sphrs1”, “spkhomo”, “spkmil”, “spkrac”, “sprel”, “prel16”, “spwrkslf”, “spwrksta”, “srcbelt”, “suicide1”, “uicide2”, “suicide3”, “suicide4”,
“tax”, “teens”, “teensex”, “thnkself”, “ticket”, “toofewwk”, “trauma1”, “trauma5”, “trust”, “rynewjb”, “tvhours”, “unemp”, “unemp5”, “union”, “uswary”, “vetyears”, “weekswrk”, “widowed”, “wirtap”, “wordsum”, “workhard”, “world1”, “wrkgovt”, “wrkslf”, “wrkstat”, “xmarsex”, “xmovie”, “xnorcsiz”, “year”, “zodiac”