How couples monitor budget

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Source

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

Details

Question 1305. How do you and your spouse/partner organize the income that one or both of you receive? Please choose the option that comes closest. 1. I manage all the money and give my partner his/her share 2. My partner manages all the money and gives me my share 3. We pool all the money and each take out what we need 4. We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate 5. We each keep our own money separate 5. I am not currently living with a spouse or partner

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	don't know	i manage, give prtnr share	keep money separate	no answer	not married	pool all money, take out what we need	pool some money, keep some separate	prntnr manages, gives me share	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	1545	1	95	76	38	612	483	80	62	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	1594	8	82	86	21	456	366	69	83	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1274	4	111	81	9	-	338	67	90	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	65528	13	288	243	68	1068	1187	216	235	6853	75699

Values

• 1 i manage, give prtnr share

• 2 prntnr manages, gives me share

• 3 pool all money, take out what we need

• 4 pool some money, keep some separate

• 5 keep money separate

• 6 not married

• 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