How you and your spouse organize your finances

famfinan

Source

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

Details

Question Now I”d like to ask you about how you and your (husband/wife) organize your finances. Which of the following comes closest to describing the system that you and your (husband/wife) use:

Values

[1] wife manages all the money
[2] husband manages all the money
[3] wife has a housekeeping allowance
[4] all the money is pooled
[5] some of the money is pooled
[6] keep finances completely separate
[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	1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	wife manages all the money	husband manages all the money	wife has a housekeeping allowance	all the money is pooled	some of the money is pooled	keep finances completely separate	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1996	2196	200	61	59	260	91	32	5	-	2904
Total	2196	200	61	59	260	91	32	5	0	2904