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unemp5

Source

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

Details

Question Unemployment during last five years.

Values

  • [0] no

  • [1] 4 prior yrs

  • [2] 4 prior yrs, earner

  • [3] last yr

  • [4] both,not earner

  • [5] both,earner prior 4

  • [6] last yr, earner

  • [7] both,earner last yr

  • [8] both,earner both

  • [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
-/-1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for unemp5.

Counts by year:

yeariapno4 prior yrs4 prior yrs, earnerlast yrboth,not earnerboth,earner prior 4last yr, earnerboth,earner last yrboth,earner bothno answernot available in this yearTotal
1978-11937692234742210587-1532
1980-1157798816411337424-1468
1983-11848275355994069910-1599
1984-109765951961526107916-1473
1986-11388771204471910659-1470
1987-1371106118285663477815-1819
1988484753726716243164375-1481
19895028404755161741622810-1537
199047371837509205143394-1372
19915007995346123031534610-1517
1993549814566116387202403-1606
199424813981729416364295-2992
Total498911462777847214453572616864098019866