jobmeans
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 183a. Would you please look at this card and tell me which one thing on this list you would most prefer in a job? b. Which comes next? c. Which is third most important? d. Which is fourth most important? WORK IMPORTANT AND GIVES A FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | fifth | fourth | most impt | no answer | second | third | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 110 | 173 | 754 | 42 | 236 | 189 | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 103 | 148 | 742 | 30 | 279 | 182 | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 98 | 168 | 728 | 50 | 247 | 208 | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 123 | 181 | 695 | 50 | 287 | 194 | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 72 | 150 | 742 | 32 | 259 | 213 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 937 | 99 | 144 | 346 | 41 | 152 | 141 | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 85 | 144 | 737 | 32 | 279 | 196 | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 78 | 171 | 715 | 34 | 300 | 236 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 134 | 207 | 820 | 47 | 330 | 281 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 62 | 106 | 466 | 31 | 190 | 122 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 44 | 97 | 523 | 53 | 185 | 131 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 43 | 102 | 460 | 37 | 173 | 102 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 42 | 105 | 476 | 48 | 199 | 123 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 48 | 118 | 530 | 38 | 171 | 170 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2508 | 30 | 59 | 228 | 21 | 83 | 63 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 110 | 219 | 615 | 20 | 297 | 257 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1002 | 52 | 137 | 435 | 22 | 166 | 160 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1288 | 83 | 179 | 566 | 11 | 225 | 186 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 49937 | 1416 | 2608 | 10578 | 639 | 4058 | 3154 | 72390 |
1 most impt
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