R's self ranking of social position

rank

Source

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

Details

Question In our society there are groups which tend to be towards the top and those that are towards the bottom. Here we have a scale that runs from top to bottom. A. Where would you put yourself on this scale? HAND SCALE AND PENCIL TO RESPONDENT. LET RESPONDENT MARK SCALE. Be sure that the mark is within one of the boxes. Record answer below.

Values

1 1 - top
10 10 - bottom
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

year	ballots	availability
1983	-/-/-	full
1987	-/-/-	full
2000	A/B/C	full
2004	A/B/C	full
2006	D/-/-	partial
2010	A/B/C	full
2012	A/B/C	full
2014	A/B/C	full
2016	A/B/C	full
2018	A/B/C	full
2021	A/B/C	full
2022	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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