povline
Values
[1]poor[2]poor – imputed[3]not poor[4]not poor – imputed[5]borderline[6]borderline – imputed[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 |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for povline.
Counts by year:
| year | poor | poor – imputed | not poor | not poor – imputed | borderline | borderline – imputed | not imputable | not available in this year | iap | Total |
| 1972 | 145 | 40 | 1155 | 81 | 168 | 6 | 18 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 106 | 31 | 1174 | 69 | 104 | 3 | 17 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 99 | 29 | 1158 | 83 | 100 | 5 | 10 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 107 | 24 | 1185 | 48 | 117 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 114 | 28 | 1151 | 69 | 126 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 79 | 29 | 1246 | 86 | 74 | 3 | 13 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 143 | 18 | 1203 | 75 | 83 | 1 | 9 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 130 | 12 | 1169 | 81 | 63 | - | 13 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 286 | 18 | 1310 | 131 | 87 | 3 | 25 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 185 | 9 | 1205 | 127 | 59 | - | 14 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 183 | 14 | 1105 | 99 | 58 | 2 | 12 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 169 | 6 | 1182 | 100 | 63 | - | 14 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 190 | 7 | 1096 | 108 | 54 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 271 | 10 | 1346 | 126 | 45 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 167 | 1 | 1142 | 111 | 55 | - | 5 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 142 | 5 | 1204 | 139 | 37 | 1 | 9 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 134 | 1 | 1059 | 125 | 44 | - | 9 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 196 | 4 | 1125 | 131 | 47 | 1 | 13 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 186 | 3 | 1231 | 113 | 42 | - | 31 | - | - | 1606 |
| Total | 3032 | 289 | 22446 | 1902 | 1426 | 33 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 29388 |