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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 285a. If sometimes or never: How often would you say you have time on your hands that you don't know what to do with?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | almost never | no answer | now and then | quite often | don't know | 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 | 442 | 569 | 14 | 581 | 254 | - | 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 | 2133 | 335 | 6 | 262 | 75 | 1 | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2366 | 245 | 2 | 203 | 51 | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 69792 | 1149 | 22 | 1046 | 380 | 1 | 72390 |
1
quite often
2
now and then
3
almost never
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