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jobmeans

Source

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

Details

Question 183a. Would you please look at this card and tell me which one thing on this list you would most prefer in a job? b. Which comes next? c. Which is third most important? d. Which is fourth most important? WORK IMPORTANT AND GIVES A FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapfifthfourthmost imptno answersecondthirdnot available in this yearTotal
19721613-------1613
1973-11017375442236189-1504
1974-10314874230279182-1484
19751490-------1490
1976-9816872850247208-1499
1977-12318169550287194-1530
19781532-------1532
1980-7215074232259213-1468
19829379914434641152141-1860
19831599-------1599
1984-8514473732279196-1473
1985-7817171534300236-1534
19861470-------1470
1987-13420782047330281-1819
19885046210646631190122-1481
1989504449752353185131-1537
19904554310246037173102-1372
19915244210547648199123-1517
19935314811853038171170-1606
199425083059228218363-2992
19962904-------2904
19982832-------2832
20002817-------2817
20022765-------2765
20042812-------2812
2006299211021961520297257-4510
20082023-------2023
20102044-------2044
201210025213743522166160-1974
201412888317956611225186-2538
20162867-------2867
20182348-------2348
20214032-------4032
2022-------35443544
2024-------33093309
Total46393141626081057863940583154685375699

Values

  • 1 most impt

  • 2 second

  • 3 third

  • 4 fourth

  • 5 fifth

  • 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