Opinion of why people get ahead

getaheay

Source

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

Details

Question Which do you think is the most important reason why people get ahead: their own hard work or lucky breaks and help from other people?

Values

• [1] hard work most important

• [2] hard work, luck equally important

• [3] luck or help from other people most important

• [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
D	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	hard work most important	hard work, luck equally important	luck or help from other people most important	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3728	465	158	152	6	1	-	4510
Total	3728	465	158	152	6	1	0	4510

See also

Other Misc I: natdiscm, newsprnt