Should women work

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Source

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

Details

Question 200. Do you approve or disapprove of a married woman earning money in business or industry if she has a husband capable of supporting her?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	approve	disapprove	don't know	no answer	iap	not available in this year	Total
1972	1031	546	34	2	-	-	1613
1973	-	-	-	-	1504	-	1504
1974	1002	447	29	6	-	-	1484
1975	1039	423	23	5	-	-	1490
1976	-	-	-	-	1499	-	1499
1977	999	507	22	2	-	-	1530
1978	1107	402	21	2	-	-	1532
1980	-	-	-	-	1468	-	1468
1982	1360	464	35	1	-	-	1860
1983	1196	365	32	6	-	-	1599
1984	-	-	-	-	1473	-	1473
1985	1286	202	36	10	-	-	1534
1986	1123	319	23	5	-	-	1470
1987	-	-	-	-	1819	-	1819
1988	773	188	20	7	493	-	1481
1989	774	208	18	6	531	-	1537
1990	739	163	19	7	444	-	1372
1991	801	196	23	4	493	-	1517
1993	849	207	22	2	526	-	1606
1994	1569	364	34	10	1015	-	2992
1996	1595	320	37	8	944	-	2904
1998	1510	327	27	7	961	-	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
2024	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	18753	5648	455	90	43900	6853	75699

Values

• 1 approve

• 2 disapprove

• 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