Importance of tenure to pay

Source: R/gss_vars_492.R

yrsfirm

Source

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

Details

Question 1324. Think of two people doing the same kind of work. What do you personally think should be important in deciding how much to pay them? Looking at the things below, please write '1' next to the thing that you think should be most important. Then write '2' next to the thing that you think should be next most important, and '3' next to the thing that you think should be third most important. Leave the other boxes blank. a. How long the employee has been with the firm

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapno answer2nd most impt3rd most imptdon't knowmost imptnot chosenTotal
197231610-----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
1989-391195346531114411537
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
2008-2023-----2023
2010-2044-----2044
2012-1974-----1974
2014-2538-----2538
2016-2867-----2867
2018-2348-----2348
20214032------4032
20223544------3544
Total7579636651953465311144172390

Values

  • 1 most impt

  • 2 2nd most impt

  • 3 3rd most impt

  • 4 not chosen

  • 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