ownbiz
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question Are you, alone or with others, currently the owner of a business you help manage, including self-employment or selling any goods or services to others?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | no | no answer | yes | 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 | - | 1771 | 2 | 250 | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70367 | 1771 | 2 | 250 | 72390 |
1
yes
2
no
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