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Going bankrupt

Source: R/gss_vars_563.R
finan1.Rd

finan1

Source

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

Details

Question Now, I'm going to ask you about various events and conditions that happen to people. I'm interested in those that happened to you during the last 12 months, that is since (CURRENT MONTH), (1990/2003). As I ask you about the specific events, please think carefully, so I can record things accurately. C. Did any of the following financial matters happen to you during the last year

  1. Went bankrupt (declared personal bankruptcy).

Values

  • [1] yes

  • [2] no

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2004
B/C/-1991

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for finan1.

Counts by year:

yeariapyesnono answerTotal
199150013100131517
2004147217131582812
Total1972302316114329

See also

Other Negative Life Events: finan2, finan3, work10, work4, work5, work6, work7, work8, work9

Other Income: finan2, finan3

Other Trauma: finan2, finan3, work10, work4, work5, work6, work7, work8, work9