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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 252. Now I'm going to read several more statements. As I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. d. It is much better for everyone involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family.
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | agree | disagree | don't know | no answer | strongly agree | strongly disagree | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 714 | 422 | 23 | 4 | 275 | 92 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 577 | 574 | 26 | 6 | 150 | 201 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 557 | 576 | 24 | 2 | 132 | 179 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 318 | 399 | 19 | 5 | 88 | 159 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 305 | 413 | 26 | 3 | 95 | 164 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 301 | 405 | 26 | 1 | 64 | 131 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 344 | 405 | 24 | 4 | 76 | 171 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 318 | 491 | 23 | 3 | 64 | 181 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 540 | 896 | 53 | 8 | 131 | 349 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 475 | 725 | 1034 | 64 | 12 | 179 | 415 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 509 | 836 | 43 | 10 | 130 | 343 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 531 | 731 | 53 | 20 | 204 | 338 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 257 | 382 | 9 | 1 | 91 | 168 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 257 | 394 | 11 | 1 | 79 | 164 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 538 | 918 | 23 | 1 | 166 | 346 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 359 | 587 | 19 | 2 | 122 | 240 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 404 | 610 | 8 | 4 | 107 | 297 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 313 | 636 | 15 | 2 | 87 | 249 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 410 | 785 | 17 | 3 | 105 | 355 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 405 | 853 | 15 | 1 | 110 | 504 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 310 | 714 | 13 | 1 | 88 | 433 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1315 | 410 | 1137 | - | - | 131 | 1030 | 9 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | 437 | 1000 | 25 | 1 | 136 | 775 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 36594 | 9839 | 15198 | 559 | 95 | 2810 | 7284 | 11 | 72390 |
1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 disagree
4 strongly disagree
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