How couples monitor budget

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Source

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

Question 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, 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

Counts by year:

year	iap	i manage, give prtnr share	prntnr manages, gives me share	pool all money, take out what we need	pool some money, keep some separate	keep money separate	not married	don't know	no answer	Total
1994	1545	95	62	483	80	76	612	1	38	2992
2002	1594	82	83	366	69	86	456	8	21	2765
2012	1274	111	90	338	67	81	-	4	9	1974
Total	4413	288	235	1187	216	243	1068	13	68	7731