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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
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?
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 |
| Total | 12890 | 32403 | 16527 | 522 | 1519 | 3967 | 167 | 4383 | 12 | 72390 |
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(q) 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