Why job abolished or laid off

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

Question Why job abolished or laid off.

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(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

year	ballots	availability
2008	A/B/C	full