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Job or housework
Variable: satjob
Module:
Core
Subject:
Job
,
Satisfaction
,
Work
Related Variables
misswork absent discaff discaffy jobaff rdiscaff rimmdisc bosswrks layoffs wkcomptr wocomptr curempyr ftwork ftwork1 rageemp rdk rexpernc rfamresp payfam reducemp payeduc yearval rdowell paydojob rpaysame ryrsfirm paytime wantjob engda engson engresp engdo englone engdgr enggood engfun engprob engodd engbtr engrel engint engearn engbrng engnring numown yearbiz paidemps owninc whybiz numemps5 lastyrwk work3yrs spvtrfair harsexjb mykids findnwjb emphlth emphplan emphlth1 emphlth2 othplan hlthtype howpaid hourly daily weekly monthly yearly flextime flexhrs hlpoths jobinc jobpay inclstjb hiinc wrkindp intjob jobsec jobkeep losejb12 secjob jobpromo jobrise promotn jobhonor jobmeans jobhour leisure hlpsoc parleave hurtatwk jobinfo jobpaper jobpub jobcowrk jobcntct jobfrnds jobplace jobtvrad jobonwww trynewjb whyleave leavejob lostjobs moretrde ntwkhard numemp raiseall raisehrd raisefav wkbonus extrapay compperf deptperf indperf extr2001 extraval extrayr extr2005 evlosejb negjob5 cowrkhrd talkemp talksup donothng iwrkhard newjobs jobeasy replaceu fringe1 fringe2 fringe3 fringe4 fringe5 fringe6 fringe7 fringe8 fringe9 fringe10 fringe11 fringeok learnjob prodctiv lotofsay difstand wrktime rflexhrs rptprobs evharjb harjob5 rhlpoths rhlpsoc paychnge rhiinc wkfreedm rwrkindp rintjob knowschd rleisure condemnd toofewwk rpromotn dailywrk othcredt putdown lackinfo perspace physharm actupset shout hotargus lookaway overwork knowwhat pastpay reliedon learnnew workfast secondwk jobsecok gdjobsec rsecjob toldwork myskills wksmooth strredpg stress12 stress respect treatres lastjob usetech workdiff skipwork jobvshme refpromo refmorwk refxhour workless noathome nonurse nohmewrk jbintfam famintjb meetf2f1 meetf2f2 promteok promtefr samework siteyrs cowrkrel cowrkint cowrkhlp seecowrk intlcowk cowrkers localnum wksub unmanrel trustman supcares suphelp manvsemp wkpraise bossemps youmoney totmoney monitred planwrk jobcntrl lottosay setthngs idecide wkdecide orgmoney supduty1 supduty2 supduty3 supduty4 supduty5 supduty6 supduty7 othduty1 othduty2 othduty3 othduty4 othduty5 othduty6 othduty7 handmove hvylift levels automatn autonojb yousup partteam supothrs jobjudge offsup totsup wktopsat satjob1 satjob7 jobsat genderwk orgsize numorg totalnum ownstock stockval stockops ops2005 esop trdestck typeorg wrkoth partorg othyrs hlpequip haveinfo baseofop boredom wkcontct danger denyrais wherewrk eharaswk xhaustn ignorwk jokeswk findout liedcwkr phyeffrt physwrk rudewk rumorwk safetywk safefrst teamsafe safehlth wkbhvrs unhlthy unpleznt wrksched othhrs workdy chngtme famwkoff sethours timeoff hrsmoney wantjob1 occyrs locyrs yearsjob trainsch firstjob firstslf datefrst numsites placewrk imatter helporg notloyal stayorg1 samevals proudorg stayorg2 noticed chngeorg proudemp whyjbct1 whyjbct2 whynojb1 whynojb2 leavejb moonlite otherwrk schoolng training learning exptrain edcskill opdevel trainops jobskill useskill newjob wksup supervis supnum occtrain otjtrain feless1 feless2 feless3 accntsci farming journlsm fireftng marrcoun medtreat architct lawenfrc slsmnshp cmprgmng finlcoun scientre scientwk scientmo scientbr wrkslf spwrkslf pawrkslf mawrkslf kdwrkslf sbwrkslf formltrn formlfin formldys formlhrs doingtrn doingfin doingdys emptrain jbtrain discaffm discaffw fehire splocnum sphrs1 sphrs2 spdays sphour techjobs techwork wktenure empself smallbig indusoth privgovt worryjob satcar satcity satfam satfam7 satfin satfrnd sathealt satfixes sathome sathobby satself afailure slfrspct ofworth nogood optimist pessimst notcount moregood owndoing depndabl sadblue athletic kindpers selfish helporg1 prideorg chngwork stayorg3 proudwrk wrkwell wrkmuch balwkfam tiredhme jobvsfam tiredwrk commute buyvalue worknow defpensn wkageism wkracism wksexism wkharsex wkharoth sexhar wkfambiz selfemp2 getahead getaheay jobfind jobfind1 compwage hrs1 hrs2 wrkindep lastwkmo lastwkyr moredays mustwork workfor wkrspns waypaid weekswrk workhr wksubs wksups quantity quality talkteam empinput slfmangd skltrain wrkhome whywkhme impjob wrkearn wrkenjoy wrkimp joblose unjobsec selfemp1 wrkslfst rimpskls sphedslf worklife timehome strsshme timework strsswrk famvswrk jobvsfa1 famvswk1 unbetter wealth wkkidscl wkyngscl wkkidscs wkyngscs richwork spwknokd spwkbaby spwrksch spwkgrwn more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

On the whole, how satisfied are you with the work you do--would you say you are very satisfied, moderately satisfied,
a little dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?

Year Availability
Available in 32 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Very satisfied
2 Mod. satisfied
3 A little dissat
4 Very dissatisfied
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
458 564 586 631 617 601 651 584 686 657 555 591 570 617 537 557 481 510 532 1078 1041 1067 981 534 702 1073 778 746 732 956 900 844
347 436 458 381 407 496 463 444 562 499 423 467 458 559 455 472 413 482 505 932 918 851 918 386 507 823 570 565 539 686 645 656
106 92 122 105 108 130 108 159 160 117 146 122 104 186 117 125 109 108 133 247 253 223 186 100 125 192 135 155 136 161 167 174
33 49 57 48 53 35 58 59 84 60 84 55 30 77 44 52 38 49 58 81 101 75 77 41 63 89 53 62 50 92 67 65
3 2 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 7 3 7 8 13 16 36 19 20 11 12 15 8
6 130 32 27 17 54 29 7 64 45 57 34 50 55 36 42 68 69 48 96 100 82 105 2 24 60 15 19 25 5 9 27
660 231 224 295 294 213 222 214 301 221 208 263 257 324 290 287 263 296 329 551 488 527 542 1689 1375 2237 453 477 481 626 1064 574
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 44949
Missing cases 17517