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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 872. How would you describe your work arrangement in your main job?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | independent contractor/consultant/freelance worker | no answer | on-call, work only when called to work | paid by a temporary agency | regular, permanent employee | work for contractor who provides workers/services | skipped on web | 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 | 969 | 8 | 247 | 11 | 41 | 15 | 1432 | 42 | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 2776 | 7 | 239 | 15 | 44 | 21 | 1349 | 59 | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 857 | 6 | 155 | 25 | 42 | 16 | 912 | 31 | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 1288 | 7 | 177 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 982 | 38 | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 900 | 8 | 181 | 32 | 40 | 21 | 1115 | 51 | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 1539 | 15 | 253 | 13 | 42 | 14 | 1589 | 64 | 15 | 3544 |
Total | 62970 | 51 | 1252 | 99 | 245 | 94 | 7379 | 285 | 15 | 72390 |
1
independent contractor/consultant/freelance worker
2
on-call, work only when called to work
3
paid by a temporary agency
4
work for contractor who provides workers/services
5
regular, permanent employee
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