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First problem mentioned

Source: R/gss_vars_560.R
prob1.Rd

prob1

Source

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

Details

Question What are the most important problems that you and members of your household have had during the last 12 months? RECORD VERBATIM. PROBE FOR ADDITIONAL MENTIONS AND FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. TRY NOT TO ACCEPT GENERAL RESPONSES LIKE "WORK" OR "CRIME." PROBE TO FIND WHAT ABOUT "WORK" IS THE PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IS IT JOB INSECURITY, LOW PAY, ARGUMENTS WITH THE BOSS, OR WHAT? OR ABOUT "CRIME", WAS THERE A VICTIMIZATION? WHO WAS VICTIMIZED AND IN WHAT WAY? PROBE FOR ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. A. First problem mentioned.

Values

  • 995 cant understand answer

  • 996 no problems

  • 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

yearballotsavailability
1991Cpartial
2004Cpartial

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for prob1.