R does not feel pity for someone treated unfair

empathy5

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. E. When I see someone being treated unfairly, I sometimes don't feel very much pity for 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

ballots	years
A/B/C	2002, 2004

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for empathy5.

Counts by year:

year	iap	does not describe very well	2	3	4	describes very well	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2002	1393	613	373	191	90	76	21	8	-	2765
2004	1472	633	374	163	89	68	8	5	-	2812
Total	2865	1246	747	354	179	144	29	13	0	5577