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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question None
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | company's sales were declining | job moved to another country | job requirements changed and i was not able to do the job | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 72383 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 72390 |
1 company's sales were declining
2 machines and computers made my job obsolete
3 job requirements changed and i was not able to do the job
4 job moved to another location in the united states
5 job moved to another country
6 other
7 company sold
8 job done
9 company in financial problem
10 end of contract
11 seasonal work
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(q) 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