helpful

Source

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

Details

Question 161. Would you say that most of the time people try to be helpful, or that they are mostly just looking out for themselves?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeardependsdon't knowiaplooking out for themselvesno answertry to be helpfulnot available in this yearTotal
19721002217401749-1613
1973564-7393702-1504
1974--1484----1484
1975998-5452836-1490
1976915-7561646-1499
1977--1530----1530
1978804-5365907-1532
1980649-6783714-1468
1982--1860----1860
19836811-603-917-1599
1984543-6503763-1473
1985--1534----1534
1986767-5655817-1470
19878111-9355787-1819
19884664844483494-1481
19895255024591518-1537
19905574733721464-1372
19917285004365496-1517
199360145494311551-1606
199412899819357932-2992
1996138109799404833-2904
199817679218152911-2832
2000166109218513866-2817
20028821853391-431-2765
20047631936359-438-2812
200619442521924-867-4510
20081182658624-621-2023
201013556675882647-2044
20129886366122618-1974
20141455851742-795-2538
201613779118923917-2867
201814297856941717-2348
2021------40324032
202214992325549-512-3544
Total294421425862188096320466403272390

Values

  • 1 try to be helpful

  • 2 looking out for themselves

  • 3 depends

  • 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