R have tender feeling for people less fortunate

empathy1

Source

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

Details

Question The following statements ask about your thoughts and feelings in various situations. For each item indicate how well it describes you by choosing the number on the showcard where 1 indicates that it does not describe you very well and 5 means that it does describe you very well. Of course numbers 2-4 indicate that how well it describes you are In between these points. A. I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me.

Values

[1] does not describe very well
[5] describes very well
[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	2002, 2004

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for empathy1.

Counts by year:

year	iap	does not describe very well	2	3	4	describes very well	don't know	no answer	Total
2002	1393	64	68	253	341	627	13	6	2765
2004	1472	44	59	201	418	609	5	4	2812
Total	2865	108	127	454	759	1236	18	10	5577