For or against preferential hiring of women

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Source

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

Details

Question 552. Some people say that because of past discrimination, women should be given preference in hiring and promotion. Others say that such preference in hiring and promotion of women is wrong because it discriminates against men. What about you opinion - are you for or against preferential hiring and promotion of women? Do you favor/opp;ose preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	don't know	no answer	not strongly favor	not strongly oppose	strongly favor	strongly oppose	skipped on web	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	1913	49	9	95	240	152	446	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	1869	62	45	101	251	175	314	-	2817
2002	2327	13	-	42	124	87	172	-	2765
2004	2359	10	2	40	123	69	209	-	2812
2006	3516	32	-	98	265	230	369	-	4510
2008	1375	32	6	64	168	140	238	-	2023
2010	1313	35	3	85	186	140	282	-	2044
2012	1314	30	2	74	173	143	238	-	1974
2014	1712	32	4	85	253	180	272	-	2538
2016	1931	37	3	99	265	216	316	-	2867
2018	1554	39	5	79	215	207	249	-	2348
2021	2699	10	-	235	352	257	479	-	4032
2022	2339	37	7	214	291	303	352	1	3544
2024	2200	37	6	204	238	263	353	8	3309
Total	63633	455	92	1515	3144	2562	4289	9	75699

Values

• 1 strongly favor

• 2 not strongly favor

• 3 not strongly oppose

• 4 strongly oppose

• 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