Which job would you prefer

wantjob1

Source

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

Details

Question Suppose you could decide on your work situation at present. Which of the following would you prefer?

Values

• [1] a full time job

• [2] a part-time job

• [3] a job with less than 10 hours a week

• [4] no paid job at all

• [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	1998
B/C/-	2016
D/-/-	2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for wantjob1.

Counts by year:

year	iap	a full time job	a part-time job	a job with less than 10 hours a week	no paid job at all	no answer	don't know	not available in this year	Total
1998	1609	672	325	69	120	37	-	-	2832
2006	2992	963	346	53	139	4	13	-	4510
2016	1390	921	318	67	152	10	9	-	2867
Total	5991	2556	989	189	411	51	22	0	10209

See also

Other Work Orientation: paydojob, payeduc, payfam, paytime, placewrk, sethours, techjobs, techwork, worknow

Other Job: paydojob, payeduc, payfam, paytime, placewrk, sethours, techjobs, techwork

Other Work: paydojob, payeduc, payfam, paytime, placewrk, sethours, techjobs, techwork, worknow