Better for man to work, woman tend home

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Source

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

Details

Question 252. 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. d. It is much better for everyone involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	agree	disagree	don't know	no answer	strongly agree	strongly disagree	skipped on web	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	-	714	422	23	4	275	92	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	-	577	574	26	6	150	201	-	1534
1986	-	557	576	24	2	132	179	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	493	318	399	19	5	88	159	-	1481
1989	531	305	413	26	3	95	164	-	1537
1990	444	301	405	26	1	64	131	-	1372
1991	493	344	405	24	4	76	171	-	1517
1993	526	318	491	23	3	64	181	-	1606
1994	1015	540	896	53	8	131	349	-	2992
1996	475	725	1034	64	12	179	415	-	2904
1998	961	509	836	43	10	130	343	-	2832
2000	940	531	731	53	20	204	338	-	2817
2002	1857	257	382	9	1	91	168	-	2765
2004	1906	257	394	11	1	79	164	-	2812
2006	2518	538	918	23	1	166	346	-	4510
2008	694	359	587	19	2	122	240	-	2023
2010	614	404	610	8	4	107	297	-	2044
2012	672	313	636	15	2	87	249	-	1974
2014	863	410	785	17	3	105	355	-	2538
2016	979	405	853	15	1	110	504	-	2867
2018	789	310	714	13	1	88	433	-	2348
2021	1315	410	1137	-	-	131	1030	9	4032
2022	1168	437	1000	25	1	136	775	2	3544
2024	1126	492	899	18	1	167	604	2	3309
Total	37720	10331	16097	577	96	2977	7888	13	75699

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