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Agreement with expecting more good things than bad to happen to oneself, among people who agreed or disagreed; the 2004 version has no neutral option, so neutral answers to the 2016 five-point version are left out.
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Latest: 76% answered “Agree” in GSS: Expecting more good things than bad to happen, 2016.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: Expecting more good things than bad to happen | Expecting more good things than bad to happen (HAND CARD G1)
(Do you agree or disagree that . . .)
Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad. Caveat: 5-point scale includes neutral midpoint, absent in the 4-point version; strength collapsed | equivalent | Strongly disagree → Disagree; Disagree → Disagree; Agree → Agree; Strongly agree → Agree |
| GSS: Expect more good than bad to happen to me | Expect more good than bad to happen to me Indicate your agreement with each of the following statements by selecting the number that comes closest to your answer:
I. Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad. Caveat: 4-point scale has no neutral midpoint; strength of agreement collapsed | equivalent | Strongly agree → Agree; Agree → Agree; Disagree → Disagree; Strongly disagree → Disagree |