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Question 638. 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. b. Deciding whether or not to buy bedroom furniture.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | husband after consulting with wife | husband alone | husband and wife together | no answer | other | see codebook | wife after consulting husband | wife alone | 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 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2196 | 22 | 6 | 471 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 94 | 61 | 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 | 71682 | 22 | 6 | 471 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 94 | 61 | 72390 |
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(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