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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 36. Just thinking about your family now -- those people in the househol who are related to you -- how many persons in the family, including yourself, earned any money last year from any job or employment?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | no answer | 7 | eight or more | iap | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 186 | 682 | 506 | 136 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 33 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 162 | 608 | 506 | 138 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 192 | 595 | 477 | 132 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 201 | 593 | 483 | 121 | 54 | 25 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 233 | 627 | 449 | 118 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 214 | 613 | 494 | 125 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 229 | 629 | 479 | 104 | 54 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 249 | 544 | 483 | 98 | 53 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 291 | 752 | 577 | 135 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 53 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 234 | 621 | 544 | 123 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 233 | 611 | 441 | 111 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 276 | 578 | 499 | 99 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 297 | 506 | 478 | 107 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 291 | 709 | 585 | 148 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 275 | 560 | 452 | 137 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 286 | 553 | 475 | 133 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 248 | 508 | 456 | 101 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 320 | 581 | 459 | 100 | 42 | 4 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 298 | 577 | 556 | 114 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 493 | 1190 | 981 | 189 | 78 | 6 | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 432 | 1213 | 920 | 186 | 70 | 15 | 5 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 429 | 1149 | 949 | 187 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 471 | 1162 | 942 | 177 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 466 | 1097 | 918 | 165 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 394 | 1131 | 996 | 179 | 78 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 645 | 1890 | 1502 | 290 | 121 | 37 | 4 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 328 | 791 | 668 | 166 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 354 | 825 | 632 | 143 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 369 | 770 | 637 | 119 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 467 | 1023 | 797 | 171 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 571 | 1104 | 891 | 180 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 423 | 891 | 762 | 181 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 832 | 1421 | 1216 | 263 | 101 | 39 | 9 | - | 7 | 7 | 58 | 79 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 736 | 1392 | 971 | 215 | 105 | 34 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 3544 |
| Total | 12125 | 28496 | 23181 | 5091 | 1995 | 523 | 120 | 599 | 38 | 42 | 64 | 116 | 72390 |
8 eight or more
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook