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Ever unemployed in last ten yrs

Source: R/gss_vars_65.R
unemp.Rd

unemp

Source

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

Details

Question At any time during the last ten years, have you been unemployed and looking for work for as long as a month?

Values

  • [1] yes

  • [2] no

  • [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

ballotsyears
-/-1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
B/C1988, 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 unemp.

Counts by year:

yeariapyesnono answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
1973-42010831--1504
1974-38410982--1484
1975-408107111--1490
1976-4131085-1-1499
1977-43510923--1530
1978-4481082-2-1532
1980-4101058---1468
1983-538105731-1599
1984-49097841-1473
1986-445102131-1470
198848431268221-1481
198950229473821-1537
1990473265632-2-1372
199150030271311-1517
19935493417124--1606
1994981647135761-2992
1996979642127553-2904
19989215801316141-2832
20009595611278118-2817
20021853279631-2-2765
20041936284590-2-2812
20062521643134222-4510
2008658451913-1-2023
201066752085412-2044
20126364788591--1974
2014851602108212-2538
2016911715123632-2867
2018785531102912-2348
202113609021758--124032
2022117377215832863544
2024111675914223273309
Total20815152713262786492568873

See also

Other Core: getahead, getaid, govaid, parsol, union(), union1, wksup1, wksups, wksups1