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Rs family income when 16 yrs old
Variable: incom16
Module:
Core
Subject:
Income
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Thinking about the time when you were 16 years old, compared with American families in general then, would you say your family income was--far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average? (PROBE: Just your best guess.)

Year Availability
Available in 29 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 Far below average
2 Below average
3 Average
4 Above average
5 Far above average
-1 Not applicable
7 Lived in institution
8 Don't know
9 No answer
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
111 92 104 106 106 126 123 116 179 120 127 106 109 164 114 134 126 127 116 120 151 237 321 203 206 181 271 303 245
388 313 367 370 403 369 361 339 440 354 346 358 329 454 349 350 342 348 393 317 432 637 754 506 550 523 656 794 641
906 857 784 783 763 789 829 751 948 826 773 777 738 880 747 798 651 736 795 798 933 1151 1303 907 843 875 1118 1146 995
166 192 193 196 188 203 182 230 233 253 205 241 245 256 229 216 216 252 252 243 345 377 475 330 353 304 403 501 371
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1470 844 312 1518 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 15 8 7 14 13 13 11 18 17 7 12 15 13 14 13 12 15 12 16 21 35 43 31 34 38 30 53 38
5 5 3 8 4 3 2 2 4 4 9 6 3 8 5 3 3 10 4 2 3 5 47 2 7 6 4 12 8
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 49035
Missing cases 13431