cntrlife

Source

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

Details

Question 831. Some people feel they have completely free choice and control over the way their lives turn out, and other people feel that what they themselves do has no real effect on what happens to them. Please use this scale to indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way your life turns out.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariap2356a great deal of choice and controldon't knowno answerno choice and controlsome choice and controlTotal
19721613---------1613
19731504---------1504
19741484---------1484
19751490---------1490
19761499---------1499
19771530---------1530
19781532---------1532
19801468---------1468
19821860---------1860
19831599---------1599
19841473---------1473
19851534---------1534
19861470---------1470
19871819---------1819
19881481---------1481
19891537---------1537
19901372---------1372
19911517---------1517
19931606---------1606
19942992---------2992
19962904---------2904
19982832---------2832
200013981935201384448191592892817
20022765---------2765
20042812---------2812
20064510---------4510
20082023---------2023
20102044---------2044
20121974---------1974
20142538---------2538
20162867---------2867
20182348---------2348
20214032---------4032
20223544---------3544
Total7097119352013844481915928972390

Values

  • 1 no choice and control

  • 4 some choice and control

  • 7 a great deal of choice and control

  • 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