R's living standard compared to parents

parsol

Source

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

Details

Question A. Compared to your parents when they were the age you are now, Do you think your own standard of living now is much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse than theirs was?

Values

[1] much better
[2] somewhat better
[3] about the same
[4] somewhat worse
[5] much 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(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, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	much better	somewhat better	about the same	somewhat worse	much worse	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1994	1492	460	478	313	170	47	26	6	-	2992
1996	979	619	564	401	229	74	34	4	-	2904
1998	921	626	589	408	199	57	31	1	-	2832
2000	921	646	579	396	178	57	37	3	-	2817
2002	1853	303	298	175	99	24	12	1	-	2765
2004	1936	329	251	173	83	30	9	1	-	2812
2006	2521	671	624	421	196	52	23	2	-	4510
2008	658	417	394	290	166	72	25	1	-	2023
2010	667	389	394	341	173	64	15	1	-	2044
2012	636	413	368	296	162	69	29	1	-	1974
2014	851	505	478	406	195	79	22	2	-	2538
2016	912	573	555	466	238	100	20	3	-	2867
2018	785	495	433	362	181	65	24	3	-	2348
2021	1360	656	835	703	353	106	4	-	15	4032
2022	1173	628	697	551	286	167	31	6	5	3544
2024	1116	528	614	515	319	183	19	2	13	3309
Total	18781	8258	8151	6217	3227	1246	361	37	33	46311