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Source

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

Details

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

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(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

ballotsyears
-/-1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeartry to be helpfullooking out for themselvesdependsdon't knowiapno answernot available in this yearskipped on webTotal
19727497401002211--1613
1973702739564-3--1504
1975836545998-2--1490
1976646756915-1--1499
1978907536804-5--1532
1980714678649-3--1468
19839176036811----1599
1984763650543-3--1473
1986817565767-5--1470
19877879358111-5--1819
19884944484664843--1481
19895184595255021--1537
19904643725574731--1372
19914964367285005--1517
199355143160145491--1606
199493293512899817--2992
1996833940138109794--2904
199891181517679212--2832
2000866851166109213--2817
20024313918821853---2765
20044383597631936---2812
200686792419442521---4510
20086216241182658---2023
201064758813556672--2044
20126186129886362--1974
20147957421455851---2538
201691789213779113--2867
201871769414297851--2348
2021------4032-4032
202251254914992325---3544
Total2046618809294421419454634032065982

See also

Other Core: fair, hapcohab, health, life, satcity, sathobby, trust, trusty

Other People: fair, trust, trusty