Opinion of family income

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Source

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

Details

Question 188. Compared with American families in general, would you say your family income is far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	above average	average	below average	don't know	far above average	far below average	no answer	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	254	918	351	9	18	58	5	-	-	1613
1973	258	875	283	12	22	54	-	-	-	1504
1974	267	824	307	7	18	57	4	-	-	1484
1975	267	777	349	9	19	66	3	-	-	1490
1976	219	819	372	12	13	61	3	-	-	1499
1977	269	780	359	9	28	80	5	-	-	1530
1978	275	811	341	9	26	70	-	-	-	1532
1980	246	763	342	11	33	70	3	-	-	1468
1982	252	928	520	18	21	113	8	-	-	1860
1983	294	777	368	20	37	99	4	-	-	1599
1984	261	756	346	8	22	76	4	-	-	1473
1985	270	783	351	9	29	89	3	-	-	1534
1986	270	727	349	10	30	83	1	-	-	1470
1987	327	884	469	14	24	94	7	-	-	1819
1988	267	761	343	9	31	67	3	-	-	1481
1989	313	771	352	11	24	65	1	-	-	1537
1990	266	684	320	7	27	67	1	-	-	1372
1991	284	763	346	13	27	77	7	-	-	1517
1993	305	776	373	12	31	102	7	-	-	1606
1994	592	1436	714	30	68	138	14	-	-	2992
1996	534	1384	700	27	73	177	9	-	-	2904
1998	595	1322	639	39	64	168	5	-	-	2832
2000	562	1354	615	29	87	165	5	-	-	2817
2002	255	646	340	8	36	86	1	1393	-	2765
2004	272	622	322	12	37	70	5	1472	-	2812
2006	562	1422	738	22	53	186	9	1518	-	4510
2008	385	885	545	18	40	145	5	-	-	2023
2010	360	851	606	16	52	150	9	-	-	2044
2012	342	858	539	18	55	158	4	-	-	1974
2014	483	1118	666	21	65	179	6	-	-	2538
2016	585	1232	764	19	75	183	9	-	-	2867
2018	476	1042	597	21	53	153	6	-	-	2348
2021	1000	1603	978	4	152	287	-	-	8	4032
2022	723	1451	923	29	129	274	11	-	4	3544
2024	724	1289	862	22	109	290	5	-	8	3309
Total	13614	33692	17389	544	1628	4257	172	4383	20	75699

Values

• 1 far below average

• 2 below average

• 3 average

• 4 above average

• 5 far above average

• 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