Deciding whether or not to buy an automobile

decauto

Source

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

Details

Question This question is about some of the financial decisions that you and your (husband/wife) may make. For each decision, please tell me how it was made the last time you faced this decision. A. Deciding whether or not to buy an automobile.

Values

[1] husband alone
[2] husband after consulting with wife
[3] husband and wife together
[4] wife after consulting husband
[5] wife alone
[6] other
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	husband alone	husband after consulting with wife	husband and wife together	wife after consulting husband	wife alone	other	no answer	see codebook	not available in this year	Total
1996	2196	47	90	501	22	21	5	3	19	-	2904
Total	2196	47	90	501	22	21	5	3	19	0	2904