Americans' credit score has to do with choices or things out of their control

credam

Source

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

Details

Question Now, thinking about Americans in general, do you think credit scores are more the result of choices people make or things out of their control? NOTE: This variable originates on the GSS Next follow-on, and should not be analyzed without the GSS Next-specific weights WTSSPS_NEXT or WTSSNRPS_NEXT

Values

[1] entirely choices they make
[2] mostly choices they make
[3] both choices they make and things out of their control
[4] mostly things out of their control
[5] entirely things out of their control
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for credam.

Counts by year:

year	not available in this year	entirely choices they make	mostly choices they make	both choices they make and things out of their control	mostly things out of their control	entirely things out of their control	iap	skipped on web	Total
2024	-	143	360	505	51	4	2244	2	3309
Total	0	143	360	505	51	4	2244	2	3309