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empathy2

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. B. Sometimes I don't feel very sorry for other people when they are having problems.

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 empathy2.

Counts by year:

year	iap	does not describe very well	2	3	4	describes very well	don't know	no answer	Total
2002	1393	493	291	324	142	101	14	7	2765
2004	1472	420	338	335	153	86	3	5	2812
Total	2865	913	629	659	295	187	17	12	5577