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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 637. 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: 1. Wife manages all the money, except for husband's personal spending money 2. Husband manages all the money except for wife's personal spending money 3. Wife has a housekeeping allowance and husband manages the rest of the money 4. All the money is pooed and each partner takes out what he or she needs 5. Some of the money is pooled, but each partner has some separate money as well. 6. Husband and wife keep finances completely separate
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | all the money is pooled | husband manages all the money | keep finances completely separate | no answer | some of the money is pooled | wife has a housekeeping allowance | wife manages all the money | 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 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2196 | 260 | 61 | 32 | 5 | 91 | 59 | 200 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71682 | 260 | 61 | 32 | 5 | 91 | 59 | 200 | 72390 |
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(q) 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