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Question 542a. Would you say much better or somewhat better?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | much better | no answer | somewhat better | 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 | 2602 | 34 | 11 | 345 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 72000 | 34 | 11 | 345 | 72390 |
1 much better
2 somewhat better
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