Main reason your job end

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Source

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

Question What was the main reason that your job ended?

[1] i reached retirement age
[2] i retired early, by choice
[3] i retired early, not by choice
[4] i became (permanently) disabled
[5] my place of work was shut down
[6] i was dismissed
[7] my term of employment/contract ended
[8] family responsibilities
[9] i got married
[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

Counts by year:

year	iap	i reached retirement age	i retired early, by choice	i retired early, not by choice	i became (permanently) disabled	my place of work was shut down	i was dismissed	my term of employment/contract ended	family responsibilities	i got married	don't know	not available in this year	Total
1998	2523	75	45	3	32	16	12	15	55	47	9	-	2832
2006	4066	80	66	16	93	34	17	34	78	14	12	-	4510
2016	2382	92	76	27	89	35	30	40	58	2	36	-	2867
Total	8971	247	187	46	214	85	59	89	191	63	57	0	10209