befair
Details
Question How often do you think that people would try to take advantage of you if they got the chance and how often would they try to be fair?
Values
[1]try to take advantage almost all of the time[2]try to take advantage most of the time[3]try to be fair most of the time[4]try to be fair almost all of the time[NA(d)]can't choose[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for befair.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | try to take advantage almost all of the time | try to take advantage most of the time | try to be fair most of the time | try to be fair almost all of the time | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | skipped on web | Total |
| 1998 | 1548 | 123 | 321 | 581 | 166 | 64 | 29 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2004 | 1340 | 115 | 368 | 845 | 125 | 12 | 7 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2014 | 1274 | 104 | 378 | 633 | 71 | 76 | 2 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2018 | 1175 | 81 | 240 | 654 | 156 | 37 | 5 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2024 | 1667 | 185 | 462 | 689 | 115 | 159 | 6 | - | 26 | 3309 |
| Total | 7004 | 608 | 1769 | 3402 | 633 | 348 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 13839 |