unemp5
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 270. Unemployment during last five years.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 4 prior yrs | 4 prior yrs, earner | both,earner both | both,earner last yr | both,earner prior 4 | both,not earner | last yr | last yr, earner | no | no answer | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 76 | 92 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 23 | 22 | 1193 | 7 | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 79 | 88 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 33 | 1157 | 4 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 82 | 75 | 99 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 35 | 40 | 1184 | 10 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 65 | 95 | 79 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 19 | 26 | 1097 | 16 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 87 | 71 | 65 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 20 | 19 | 1138 | 9 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 106 | 118 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 28 | 34 | 1371 | 15 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 72 | 67 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 753 | 5 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 47 | 55 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 840 | 10 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 37 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 718 | 4 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 53 | 46 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 799 | 10 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 56 | 61 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 814 | 3 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2481 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 398 | 5 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 57513 | 777 | 847 | 640 | 68 | 57 | 453 | 214 | 261 | 11462 | 98 | 72390 |
0 no
1 4 prior yrs
2 4 prior yrs, earner
3 last yr
4 both,not earner
5 both,earner prior 4
6 last yr, earner
7 both,earner last yr
8 both,earner both
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