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Question If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you would like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work or would you stop working?
Values
[1]continue to work[2]stop working[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
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 |
| A/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for richwork.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | continue to work | stop working | don't know | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1973 | 652 | 566 | 253 | 12 | 21 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 641 | 532 | 289 | 16 | 6 | - | 1484 |
| 1976 | 721 | 515 | 231 | 11 | 21 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 572 | 658 | 282 | 14 | 4 | - | 1530 |
| 1980 | 570 | 674 | 203 | 9 | 12 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 703 | 816 | 312 | 18 | 11 | - | 1860 |
| 1984 | 510 | 721 | 228 | 6 | 8 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 538 | 680 | 298 | 10 | 8 | - | 1534 |
| 1987 | 622 | 888 | 290 | 8 | 11 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 852 | 440 | 180 | 6 | 3 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 883 | 462 | 178 | 9 | 5 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 770 | 426 | 160 | 8 | 8 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 891 | 412 | 204 | 8 | 2 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 901 | 474 | 213 | 13 | 5 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1610 | 895 | 465 | 16 | 6 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1513 | 927 | 437 | 22 | 5 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1524 | 894 | 391 | 18 | 5 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1544 | 833 | 412 | 22 | 6 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2113 | 444 | 201 | 4 | 3 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2187 | 430 | 185 | 2 | 8 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3197 | 896 | 403 | 10 | 4 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1137 | 629 | 245 | 7 | 5 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1183 | 591 | 256 | 5 | 9 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1129 | 580 | 249 | 4 | 12 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1440 | 749 | 345 | 3 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1646 | 860 | 344 | 6 | 11 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1326 | 723 | 280 | 6 | 13 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2367 | 1004 | 620 | - | 34 | 7 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2082 | 950 | 502 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1957 | 872 | 461 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3309 |
| Total | 37781 | 20541 | 9117 | 287 | 253 | 16 | 67995 |