Skip to contents

Change in financial situation

Source: R/gss_vars_64.R
finalter.Rd

finalter

Source

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

Details

Question 187b. During the last few years, has your financial situation been getting better, worse, or has it stayed the same?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yearbetterdon't knowno answerstayed sameworseiapskipped on webTotal
1972687815615288--1613
1973618141605239--1504
197458346571320--1484
197552065541418--1490
197653833614341--1499
197758276604331--1530
197863351607286--1532
198050224589371--1468
198255456725570--1860
19835531512593426--1599
198456848577316--1473
198559043605332--1534
198659046557313--1470
198771057755342--1819
198859344608272--1481
198965425603273--1537
199052732558282--1372
199152946644334--1517
199355294619422--1606
1994107510121221674--2992
19961123661159610--2904
199812631491103443--2832
20001263961065474--2817
2002558214943171393-2765
2004497234983401472-2812
200611657611506641518-4510
200861855792603--2023
201050656775752--2044
201254652807614--1974
2014876321030627--2538
20161043661203609--2867
201896954987383--2348
202116231-1587811-104032
202211506313191060-63544
20249759512711040-93309
Total26333190220280511649743832575699

Values

  • 1 better

  • 2 worse

  • 3 stayed same

  • 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