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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 568. Now I'm going to read several statements. As I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree: Because of past discrimination, employers should make special efforts to hire and promote qualified women.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | agree | disagree | don't know | neither agree nor disagree | 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 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1444 | 553 | 340 | 22 | 200 | 2 | 248 | 95 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1889 | 367 | 160 | 14 | 84 | 114 | 155 | 34 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2295 | 220 | 87 | 1 | 43 | - | 99 | 20 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2359 | 222 | 90 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 65 | 18 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3512 | 463 | 183 | 4 | 133 | - | 181 | 34 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1342 | 316 | 153 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 120 | 22 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1345 | 342 | 126 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 127 | 30 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1332 | 314 | 132 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 102 | 21 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1689 | 432 | 157 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 156 | 23 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1915 | 483 | 141 | 1 | 87 | - | 210 | 30 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1583 | 380 | 105 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 176 | 24 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1315 | 898 | 381 | 1 | 673 | - | 622 | 134 | 8 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | 955 | 334 | 15 | 417 | 2 | 556 | 95 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 58400 | 5945 | 2389 | 76 | 2048 | 125 | 2817 | 580 | 10 | 72390 |
1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 neither agree nor disagree
4 disagree
5 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