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Agreement that the respondent is always optimistic about their future; the 2004 version uses a 4-point scale and the 2016 version uses a 5-point scale with a neutral midpoint.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 69% answered “Agree” in GSS: Always optimistic about own future, 2016.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” 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: Always optimistic about own future | Always optimistic about own future (HAND CARD G1)
(Do you agree or disagree that . . .)
I'm always optimistic about my future. Caveat: 5-point scale with neutral midpoint; code order is reversed relative to the 2004 item | equivalent | Strongly disagree → Disagree; Disagree → Disagree; Neutral → Neutral; Agree → Agree; Strongly agree → Agree |
| GSS: Always optimistic about my future | Always optimistic about my future Indicate your agreement with each of the following statements by selecting the number that comes closest to your answer:
F. I'm always optimistic about my future. Caveat: 4-point scale with no neutral option; strength of agreement collapsed | equivalent | Strongly agree → Agree; Agree → Agree; Disagree → Disagree; Strongly disagree → Disagree |