Opinion of how people get ahead (with volunteered response on web)

getaheadv

Source

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

Details

Question Some people say that people get ahead by their own hard work; others say that lucky breaks or help from other people are more important. Which do you think is most important?

Values

• [1] hard work most important

• [2] hard work, luck equally important (phone mode only: volunteered

• [3] luck most important

• [4] other

• [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

ballots	years
A/C	2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	hard work most important	hard work, luck equally important (phone mode only: volunteered	luck most important	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2021	2675	660	595	94	3	1	4	4032
2022	2962	252	284	42	-	-	4	3544
2024	2738	269	253	44	-	-	5	3309
Total	8375	1181	1132	180	3	1	13	10885