decmoney
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Question In your opinion, how able is NAME to make his/her own decisions about managing his/her own money – very able, somewhat able, not very able or not able at all?
Values
[1]very able[2]somewhat able[3]not very able[4]not able at all[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for decmoney.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | very able | somewhat able | not very able | not able at all | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | skipped on web | Total |
| 1996 | 1460 | 281 | 384 | 429 | 292 | 43 | 15 | - | - | 2904 |
| 2006 | 3073 | 338 | 484 | 383 | 163 | 54 | 15 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2018 | 1175 | 256 | 387 | 338 | 138 | 26 | 28 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2024 | 1691 | 353 | 584 | 461 | 149 | 34 | 10 | - | 27 | 3309 |
| Total | 7399 | 1228 | 1839 | 1611 | 742 | 157 | 68 | 0 | 27 | 13071 |