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Equal opportunities on jobs

Source: R/gss_vars_46.R
racjob.Rd

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Source

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

Details

Question 136. Do you think Negroes should have as good a chance as white people to get any kind of job, or do you think white people whould have the first chance aat any kind of job?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yearas good a chancedon't knowiapno answerwhites firstnot available in this yearTotal
1972128916261443-1613
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--2044---2044
2012--1974---1974
2014--2538---2538
2016--2867---2867
2018--2348---2348
2021--4032---4032
2022-----35443544
2024-----33093309
Total12891667494443685375699

Values

  • 1 as good a chance

  • 2 whites first

  • 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