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empathy3

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. C. When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel kind of protective towards them.

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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2002, 2004

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for empathy3.

Counts by year:

yeariapdoes not describe very well234describes very welldon't knowno answerTotal
2002139358601684226441462765
200414723143144459653552812
Total286589103312881129719115577

See also

Other Altruism: empathy1, empathy2, empathy4

Other Feelings: empathy1, empathy2, empathy4