R describes oneself as a soft-hearted person

empathy7

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. G. I would describe myself as a pretty soft-hearted person.

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 empathy7.

Counts by year:

year	iap	does not describe very well	2	3	4	describes very well	don't know	no answer	Total
2002	1393	50	69	234	337	666	10	6	2765
2004	1472	26	71	200	412	621	6	4	2812
Total	2865	76	140	434	749	1287	16	10	5577