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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

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C1991, 2004

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariap11010310411110120130131150151170172175180190192220200212102112202323523724240252627283044044616566770727374767780818384859092cant understand answerno problemsno answer1001011151321331401912012933143476869496don't knownot available in this yearTotal
1991102539511116241333632143117162131312291299122121371163317212122111342-------------------1517
2004237840152-1-2711-2331532613243--33--6118-288-------52912-115--14-1009112213246113131124-2812
Total340379203121895235694746924959216431832714187122121312325451836213612135111221324611313112404329