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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 181. On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | a little dissatisfied | don't know | iap | moderately satisfied | no answer | very dissatisfied | very satisfied | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 106 | 3 | 660 | 347 | 6 | 33 | 458 | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 92 | 2 | 231 | 436 | 130 | 49 | 564 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 122 | 5 | 224 | 458 | 32 | 57 | 586 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 105 | 3 | 295 | 381 | 27 | 48 | 631 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 108 | 3 | 294 | 407 | 17 | 53 | 617 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 130 | 1 | 213 | 496 | 54 | 35 | 601 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 108 | 1 | 222 | 463 | 29 | 58 | 651 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 159 | 1 | 214 | 444 | 7 | 59 | 584 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 160 | 3 | 301 | 562 | 64 | 84 | 686 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 117 | - | 221 | 499 | 45 | 60 | 657 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 146 | - | 208 | 423 | 57 | 84 | 555 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 122 | 2 | 263 | 467 | 34 | 55 | 591 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 104 | 1 | 257 | 458 | 50 | 30 | 570 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 186 | 1 | 324 | 559 | 55 | 77 | 617 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 117 | 2 | 290 | 455 | 36 | 44 | 537 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 125 | 2 | 287 | 472 | 42 | 52 | 557 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 109 | - | 263 | 413 | 68 | 38 | 481 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 108 | 3 | 296 | 482 | 69 | 49 | 510 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 133 | 1 | 329 | 505 | 48 | 58 | 532 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 247 | 7 | 551 | 932 | 96 | 81 | 1078 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 253 | 3 | 488 | 918 | 100 | 101 | 1041 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 223 | 7 | 527 | 851 | 82 | 75 | 1067 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 186 | 8 | 542 | 918 | 105 | 77 | 981 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 100 | 13 | 1689 | 386 | 2 | 41 | 534 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 125 | 16 | 1375 | 507 | 24 | 63 | 702 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 192 | 36 | 2237 | 823 | 60 | 89 | 1073 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 135 | 19 | 453 | 570 | 15 | 53 | 778 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 155 | 20 | 477 | 565 | 19 | 62 | 746 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 136 | 11 | 481 | 539 | 25 | 50 | 732 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 161 | 12 | 626 | 686 | 5 | 92 | 956 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 167 | 15 | 1064 | 645 | 9 | 67 | 900 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 174 | 8 | 574 | 656 | 27 | 65 | 844 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 305 | 5 | 1199 | 1119 | 60 | 112 | 1198 | 34 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 241 | 7 | 1053 | 1012 | 8 | 107 | 1103 | 13 | 3544 |
| Total | 5157 | 221 | 18728 | 19854 | 1507 | 2158 | 24718 | 47 | 72390 |
1 very satisfied
2 moderately satisfied
3 a little dissatisfied
4 very dissatisfied
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