Who has the greatest right to keep their jobs?

layoffs

Source

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

Details

Question From time to time companies must lay-off some of their employees. If some have to be laid-off, who, in your opinion, has the greatest right to keep their jobs?

Values

1 those who have worked longest
2 those who have the greatest needs
3 those who are the best workers
4 difficulty in finding a new job
5 union members
6 older employees
7 younger employees
8 men
9 women
10 whites
11 minorities-non-whites
12 other -please specify
13 owners,bosses
14 essential employees
15 newest employees
16 most loyal employees
17 production. hands-on employees
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

year	ballots	availability
1996	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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