Importance of helping others in a job

hlpoths

Source

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

Details

Question On the following list there are various aspects of jobs. Please circle one number to show how important you personally consider it is in a job: G. A job that allows someone to help other people?

Values

[1] very important
[2] important
[3] neither important nor unimportant
[4] not important
[5] not important at all
[NA(d)] can't choose [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/B/C	1989, 1998
B/C/-	2016
D/-/-	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very important	important	neither important nor unimportant	not important	not important at all	can't choose	no answer	Total
1989	84	354	716	280	55	5	17	26	1537
1998	1609	346	594	184	35	6	15	43	2832
2006	2992	653	715	111	26	6	5	2	4510
2016	1390	619	618	195	34	4	2	5	2867
Total	6075	1972	2643	770	150	21	39	76	11746