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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 654. In your opinion, how likely is it that NAME's situation will improve on its own -- very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikely, or not likely at all?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | not likely at all | somewhat likely | somewhat unlikely | very likely | 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 | 1460 | 34 | 14 | 668 | 256 | 335 | 137 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3073 | 49 | 15 | 407 | 324 | 529 | 113 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1175 | 22 | 28 | 395 | 247 | 392 | 89 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 68336 | 105 | 57 | 1470 | 827 | 1256 | 339 | 72390 |
1 very likely
2 somewhat likely
3 somewhat unlikely
4 not likely at all
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