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Question On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do–would you say you are very satisfied, moderately satisfied, a little dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?
Values
[1]very satisfied[2]moderately satisfied[3]a little dissatisfied[4]very dissatisfied[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 |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for satjob.
Counts by year:
| year | very satisfied | moderately satisfied | a little dissatisfied | very dissatisfied | don't know | iap | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 458 | 347 | 106 | 33 | 3 | 660 | 6 | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 564 | 436 | 92 | 49 | 2 | 231 | 130 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 586 | 458 | 122 | 57 | 5 | 224 | 32 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 631 | 381 | 105 | 48 | 3 | 295 | 27 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 617 | 407 | 108 | 53 | 3 | 294 | 17 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 601 | 496 | 130 | 35 | 1 | 213 | 54 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 651 | 463 | 108 | 58 | 1 | 222 | 29 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 584 | 444 | 159 | 59 | 1 | 214 | 7 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 686 | 562 | 160 | 84 | 3 | 301 | 64 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 657 | 499 | 117 | 60 | - | 221 | 45 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 555 | 423 | 146 | 84 | - | 208 | 57 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 591 | 467 | 122 | 55 | 2 | 263 | 34 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 570 | 458 | 104 | 30 | 1 | 257 | 50 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 617 | 559 | 186 | 77 | 1 | 324 | 55 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 537 | 455 | 117 | 44 | 2 | 290 | 36 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 557 | 472 | 125 | 52 | 2 | 287 | 42 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 481 | 413 | 109 | 38 | - | 263 | 68 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 510 | 482 | 108 | 49 | 3 | 296 | 69 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 532 | 505 | 133 | 58 | 1 | 329 | 48 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1078 | 932 | 247 | 81 | 7 | 551 | 96 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1041 | 918 | 253 | 101 | 3 | 488 | 100 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1067 | 851 | 223 | 75 | 7 | 527 | 82 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 981 | 918 | 186 | 77 | 8 | 542 | 105 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 534 | 386 | 100 | 41 | 13 | 1689 | 2 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 702 | 507 | 125 | 63 | 16 | 1375 | 24 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 1073 | 823 | 192 | 89 | 36 | 2237 | 60 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 778 | 570 | 135 | 53 | 19 | 453 | 15 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 746 | 565 | 155 | 62 | 20 | 477 | 19 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 732 | 539 | 136 | 50 | 11 | 481 | 25 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 956 | 686 | 161 | 92 | 12 | 626 | 5 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 900 | 645 | 167 | 67 | 15 | 1064 | 9 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 844 | 656 | 174 | 65 | 8 | 574 | 27 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1198 | 1119 | 305 | 112 | 5 | 1199 | 60 | 34 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1103 | 1012 | 241 | 107 | 7 | 1053 | 8 | 13 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 993 | 922 | 215 | 114 | 20 | 1025 | 10 | 10 | 3309 |
| Total | 25711 | 20776 | 5372 | 2272 | 241 | 19753 | 1517 | 57 | 75699 |