To help others

Source: R/gss_vars_58.R

helpoth

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 170. If you had to choose, which thing on this list would you pick as the most important for a child to learn to prepare him or her for life? a. Which comes next in importantc? b. Which comes third? c. Which comes fourth? TO HELP OTHERS WHEN THEY NEED HELP

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapfifthfirstfourthno answersecondthirdTotal
19721613------1613
19731504------1504
19741484------1484
19751490------1490
19761499------1499
19771530------1530
19781532------1532
19801468------1468
19821860------1860
19831599------1599
19841473------1473
19851534------1534
19867303010014382162431470
1987-74209371195166301819
19884844412720633322851481
198950240123196353123291537
199047329119179282732711372
199150033126175353163321517
199354937135208263373141606
199498161252381335677172992
199697950241373305896422904
199892149253375315676362832
200092152247344335906302817
2002185323127154132793162765
200419362115112682812892812
200635082315917073043394510
200865824217188144434792023
201066719237211284404422044
201263619214207154524311974
201485126311207175285982538
201691123357230226566682867
201878516312173215335082348
2021136022533214998789264032
2022117331470181777688443544
Total3996474650205012602101771086972390

Values

  • 1 first

  • 2 second

  • 3 third

  • 4 fourth

  • 5 fifth

  • 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