Help for household tasks #1

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Source

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

Details

Question 1209. First, there are some household and garden jobs you can't really do alone for example, you may need someone to hold a ladder, or to help you move furniture. a. Who would you turn to first for help?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	brother	closest friend	coworker	daughter	father	mother	neighbor	no answer	no one	other	other friend	other relative	paid help	sister	social service	son	spouse	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	42	69	123	8	61	51	35	68	19	18	4	17	49	25	25	3	152	701	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
Total	70962	69	123	8	61	51	35	68	19	18	4	17	49	25	25	3	152	701	72390

Values

• 1 spouse

• 2 mother

• 3 father

• 4 daughter

• 5 son

• 6 sister

• 7 brother

• 8 other relative

• 9 closest friend

• 10 other friend

• 11 neighbor

• 12 coworker

• 13 social service

• 14 paid help

• 15 other

• 16 no one

• 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