wordj

Source

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

Details

Question 1612. We would like to know something about how people go about guessing words they do not know. On this card are listed some words--you may know some of them, and you may not know quite a few of them. On each line the first word is in capital letters like BEAST. Then there are five other words. Tell me the number of the word that comes closest to the meaning of the word in capital letters. For example, if the word in capital letters is BEAST, you would say "4" since "animal" come closer to BEAST than any of the other words. If you wish, I will read the words to you. These words are difficult for almost everyone just give me your best guess if you are not sure of the answer.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapcorrect answerincorrect answerno answernot available in this yearTotal
19721613----1613
19731504----1504
1974-3401039105-1484
19751490----1490
1976-3291022148-1499
19771530----1530
1978-3361073123-1532
19801468----1468
1982-3431257260-1860
19831599----1599
1984-2971018158-1473
19851534----1534
19861470----1470
1987-3431188288-1819
1988493180669139-1481
1989531225659122-1537
1990444226534168-1372
1991493214667143-1517
1993526250692138-1606
199410154311276270-2992
19969444561225279-2904
19981445355793239-2832
20001398297858264-2817
20022765----2765
2004134039799382-2812
20063041357937175-4510
200884527481292-2023
2010614345979106-2044
201267231189596-1974
2014863414118378-2538
2016979496132072-2867
2018789409109951-2348
2021----40324032
202211798381384143-3544
Total325848463235723739403272390

Values

  • 0 incorrect answer

  • 1 correct answer

  • 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