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Question 186. In our society there are groups which tend to be towards the top and those that are towards the bottom. Here we have ascale that runs from top (1) to bottom (10). a. Where would you put yourself on this scale?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 1 - top | 10 - bottom | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | don't know | no answer | 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 | 804 | 65 | 15 | 50 | 112 | 98 | 241 | 78 | 60 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 11 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 255 | 47 | 48 | 36 | 170 | 230 | 460 | 230 | 149 | 95 | 32 | - | 67 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1545 | 33 | 18 | 33 | 117 | 174 | 352 | 188 | 117 | 64 | 24 | 7 | 145 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1596 | 115 | 11 | 66 | 180 | 165 | 424 | 109 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 22 | 18 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 101 | 25 | 95 | 247 | 204 | 517 | 125 | 92 | 55 | 10 | 43 | 4 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 114 | 25 | 72 | 257 | 290 | 735 | 213 | 157 | 70 | 20 | 65 | 26 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 113 | 31 | 68 | 236 | 240 | 714 | 221 | 151 | 80 | 16 | 72 | 32 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 156 | 39 | 85 | 297 | 367 | 930 | 253 | 194 | 105 | 20 | 71 | 21 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 163 | 45 | 102 | 366 | 421 | 1000 | 284 | 227 | 130 | 50 | 48 | 31 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 131 | 41 | 88 | 292 | 338 | 817 | 246 | 199 | 83 | 25 | 61 | 27 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2031 | 76 | 30 | 89 | 361 | 365 | 685 | 142 | 134 | 64 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1755 | 109 | 38 | 61 | 238 | 286 | 604 | 165 | 132 | 76 | 16 | 42 | 9 | 13 | 3544 |
| Total | 50464 | 1223 | 366 | 845 | 2873 | 3178 | 7479 | 2254 | 1668 | 896 | 257 | 451 | 393 | 43 | 72390 |
1 1 - top
10 10 - bottom
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