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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question Please rate the overall physical effort at the job you normally do.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | fairly light | hard | no answer | somewhat hard | very hard | very light | skipped on web | 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 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 857 | 3 | 329 | 133 | 25 | 294 | 101 | 302 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1288 | 2 | 344 | 164 | 7 | 338 | 89 | 306 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 900 | 5 | 333 | 154 | 30 | 431 | 105 | 390 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1555 | 2 | 568 | 215 | 13 | 514 | 153 | 507 | 17 | 3544 |
| Total | 66516 | 12 | 1574 | 666 | 75 | 1577 | 448 | 1505 | 17 | 72390 |
1 very hard
2 hard
3 somewhat hard
4 fairly light
5 very light
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