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Question 403b. The second set of characteristics asks if people in the group tend to be hard-working or if they tend to be lazy. 1. Whites
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 1 - hard-working | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 - lazy | 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 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 122 | 239 | 381 | 482 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 25 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1518 | 111 | 255 | 381 | 553 | 78 | 31 | 14 | 33 | 18 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1935 | 42 | 105 | 230 | 412 | 108 | 21 | 8 | 36 | 7 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 84 | 203 | 442 | 843 | 152 | 54 | 17 | 66 | 10 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 486 | 170 | 305 | 548 | 966 | 181 | 47 | 14 | 74 | 26 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 71 | 112 | 251 | 369 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 7 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 47 | 97 | 186 | 460 | 73 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 116 | 196 | 494 | 880 | 180 | 48 | 17 | 47 | 14 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 91 | 122 | 279 | 613 | 129 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 17 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 73 | 127 | 320 | 677 | 134 | 38 | 16 | 33 | 12 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 82 | 133 | 266 | 637 | 113 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 13 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 102 | 172 | 361 | 848 | 110 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 12 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 102 | 185 | 402 | 943 | 165 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 13 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 77 | 147 | 303 | 785 | 158 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 21 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1315 | 160 | 231 | 590 | 1373 | 229 | 50 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | 162 | 163 | 422 | 1234 | 232 | 53 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3544 |
| Total | 46291 | 1612 | 2792 | 5856 | 12075 | 2163 | 544 | 298 | 508 | 217 | 34 | 72390 |
1 1 - hard-working
7 7 - lazy
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