Live only for today

anomia4

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 178. Now I'm going to read you several more statements. Some people agree with a statement, others disagree. As I read each one, tell me whether you more or less agree with it, or more or less disagree. d. Nowadays, a person has to live pretty much for today and let tomorrow take care of itself. Do you more or less agree with that, or more or less disagree?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	agree	disagree	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	-	651	846	7	-	-	1504
1974	-	646	822	14	2	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	-	698	788	12	1	-	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	1372	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	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
2024	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	64359	1995	2456	33	3	6853	75699

Values

• 1 agree

• 2 disagree

• 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(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