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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 552. Some people say that because of past discrimination, women should be given preference in hiring and promotion. Others say that such preference in hiring and promotion of women is wrong because it discriminates against men. What about you opinion - are you for or against preferential hiring and promotion of women? Do you favor/opp;ose preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | not strongly favor | not strongly oppose | strongly favor | strongly oppose | 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 | 1913 | 49 | 9 | 95 | 240 | 152 | 446 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1869 | 62 | 45 | 101 | 251 | 175 | 314 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2327 | 13 | - | 42 | 124 | 87 | 172 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2359 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 123 | 69 | 209 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3516 | 32 | - | 98 | 265 | 230 | 369 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1375 | 32 | 6 | 64 | 168 | 140 | 238 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1313 | 35 | 3 | 85 | 186 | 140 | 282 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1314 | 30 | 2 | 74 | 173 | 143 | 238 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1712 | 32 | 4 | 85 | 253 | 180 | 272 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1931 | 37 | 3 | 99 | 265 | 216 | 316 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1554 | 39 | 5 | 79 | 215 | 207 | 249 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2699 | 10 | - | 235 | 352 | 257 | 479 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2339 | 37 | 7 | 214 | 291 | 303 | 352 | 1 | 3544 |
| Total | 61433 | 418 | 86 | 1311 | 2906 | 2299 | 3936 | 1 | 72390 |
1 strongly favor
2 not strongly favor
3 not strongly oppose
4 strongly oppose
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