lostjobs
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question On average, do you think the jobs in the United States that have been taken away from people with jobs like yours are better than your job (with higher pay and better benefits) or worse?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | about the same | better | don't know | worse | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 1747 | 48 | 40 | 11 | 177 | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 72114 | 48 | 40 | 11 | 177 | 72390 |
1
better
2
about the same
3
worse
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(q)
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