R preference re: private public sector

privgovt

Source

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

Details

Question Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose? I would advise... Please CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH. D. Working in a private business (or) working for the government or civil service

Values

[1] private firm
[2] govt
[NA(d)] can't choose [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	1989, 1998
D/-/-	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	private firm	govt	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1989	84	821	394	201	37	-	1537
1998	1609	801	231	161	30	-	2832
2006	2992	1009	449	55	5	-	4510
Total	4685	2631	1074	417	72	0	8879