R's kids living standard compared to r

kidssol

Source

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

Details

Question B. When your children are at the age you are now, do you think their standard of living will be much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse than yours is now?

Values

[1] much better
[2] somewhat better
[3] about the same
[4] somewhat worse
[5] much worse
[6] no children
[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
B/C	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 kidssol.

Counts by year:

year	iap	much better	somewhat better	about the same	somewhat worse	much worse	no children	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	skipped on web	Total
1994	1492	248	425	309	233	72	145	62	6	-	-	2992
1996	979	380	525	370	323	93	157	71	6	-	-	2904
1998	921	415	608	367	172	60	204	80	5	-	-	2832
2000	921	532	553	301	138	54	241	67	10	-	-	2817
2002	1853	231	305	161	73	20	105	17	-	-	-	2765
2004	1936	209	260	183	97	30	83	12	2	-	-	2812
2006	2521	547	541	350	221	58	231	38	3	-	-	4510
2008	658	353	340	236	181	74	141	38	2	-	-	2023
2010	667	330	375	247	182	71	133	36	3	-	-	2044
2012	636	342	296	238	197	82	149	32	2	-	-	1974
2014	851	415	439	308	230	90	177	25	3	-	-	2538
2016	912	544	504	353	227	102	185	37	3	-	-	2867
2018	785	480	390	265	162	58	180	24	4	-	-	2348
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032	-	4032
2022	2337	317	276	211	158	67	130	41	7	-	-	3544
Total	17469	5343	5837	3899	2594	931	2261	580	56	4032	0	43002