For or against preferential hiring of women

fejobaff

Source

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

Details

Question 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 your opinion - are you for or against preferential hiring and promotion of women? IF FOR:Do you favor preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly? IF AGAINST:Do you oppose preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly?

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B	1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly favor	not strongly favor	not strongly oppose	strongly oppose	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1996	1913	152	95	240	446	49	9	-	2904
2000	1869	175	101	251	314	62	45	-	2817
2002	2327	87	42	124	172	13	-	-	2765
2004	2359	69	40	123	209	10	2	-	2812
2006	3516	230	98	265	369	32	-	-	4510
2008	1375	140	64	168	238	32	6	-	2023
2010	1313	140	85	186	282	35	3	-	2044
2012	1314	143	74	173	238	30	2	-	1974
2014	1712	180	85	253	272	32	4	-	2538
2016	1931	216	99	265	316	37	3	-	2867
2018	1554	207	79	215	249	39	5	-	2348
2021	2699	257	235	352	479	10	-	-	4032
2022	2339	303	214	291	352	37	7	1	3544
Total	26221	2299	1311	2906	3936	418	86	1	37178