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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 162. Do you think most people would try to take advantage of you if they got a chance, or would they try to be fair?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | depends | don't know | no answer | would take advantage of you | would try to be fair | iap | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 542 | 954 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 562 | 861 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 105 | 12 | 2 | 454 | 917 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 62 | 8 | - | 542 | 887 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 78 | 10 | 7 | 454 | 983 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 63 | 18 | - | 505 | 882 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 82 | 14 | - | 553 | 950 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 507 | 913 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 490 | 911 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 75 | 18 | 9 | 751 | 966 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 335 | 598 | 484 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 54 | 6 | - | 376 | 599 | 502 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 53 | 6 | - | 325 | 515 | 473 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 366 | 579 | 500 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 384 | 589 | 549 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 134 | 16 | 9 | 787 | 1065 | 981 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 132 | 22 | 13 | 804 | 954 | 979 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 167 | 19 | 3 | 725 | 997 | 921 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 172 | 24 | 9 | 718 | 973 | 921 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 97 | 3 | - | 361 | 451 | 1853 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 347 | 444 | 1936 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 236 | 10 | - | 781 | 962 | 2521 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 553 | 701 | 658 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 121 | 10 | 2 | 524 | 720 | 667 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 553 | 684 | 636 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 137 | 6 | - | 675 | 869 | 851 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 114 | 11 | 6 | 797 | 1028 | 911 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 112 | 12 | 1 | 671 | 767 | 785 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 107 | 12 | 1 | 566 | 533 | 2325 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 2829 | 323 | 85 | 16008 | 23252 | 25861 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 would take advantage of you
2 would try to be fair
3 depends
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