Reduction in length of work week

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Source

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

Details

Question 1179. Here are some things the government might do for the economy. Circle one number for each action to show whether you are in favor of it or against it. h. Reducing the work week to create more jobs

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	against	in favor	neither in favor nor against	no answer	strongly against	strongly in favor of	don't know	not available in this year	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	857	229	139	174	7	84	44	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	155	354	189	415	38	128	92	1	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	1572	422	263	376	35	142	92	2	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2992	492	384	285	1	185	154	17	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	1477	403	324	417	8	117	104	17	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	62712	1900	1299	1667	89	656	486	37	6853	75699

Values

• 1 strongly in favor of

• 2 in favor

• 3 neither in favor nor against

• 4 against

• 5 strongly against

• 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(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