Mother working doesn't hurt children

fechld

Source

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

Details

Question Now I'm going to read several more statements. As I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. For example, here is the statement: A. A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work.

Values

[1] strongly agree
[2] agree
[3] disagree
[4] strongly disagree
[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/-	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C	1996
Full	1977, 1985, 1986

Overview

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Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly agree	agree	disagree	strongly disagree	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1977	-	236	501	505	263	22	3	-	1530
1985	-	323	600	438	157	11	5	-	1534
1986	-	323	589	434	114	9	1	-	1470
1988	493	233	384	271	89	9	2	-	1481
1989	531	214	420	286	70	12	4	-	1537
1990	444	201	382	267	71	6	1	-	1372
1991	493	202	458	287	64	11	2	-	1517
1993	526	217	496	283	67	15	2	-	1606
1994	1015	455	901	496	96	24	5	-	2992
1996	475	579	1012	624	178	29	7	-	2904
1998	961	407	841	470	122	26	5	-	2832
2000	940	376	752	540	178	22	9	-	2817
2002	1857	218	355	244	84	7	-	-	2765
2004	1906	211	379	244	63	9	-	-	2812
2006	2518	474	848	533	117	20	-	-	4510
2008	694	354	600	293	73	7	2	-	2023
2010	614	425	648	285	66	5	1	-	2044
2012	672	342	593	291	66	10	-	-	1974
2014	863	499	767	323	77	9	-	-	2538
2016	979	613	802	395	68	10	-	-	2867
2018	789	480	670	324	76	8	1	-	2348
2021	1315	1062	1173	394	85	-	-	3	4032
2022	1168	796	1031	439	98	11	1	-	3544
Total	19253	9240	15202	8666	2342	292	51	3	55049