divlaw
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 215a. Should divorce in this country be easier or more difficult to obtain than it is now?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | easier | more difficult | no answer | stay as is | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 77 | 472 | 624 | 3 | 308 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 71 | 425 | 692 | 1 | 301 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 80 | 409 | 743 | 3 | 264 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 74 | 447 | 736 | 5 | 268 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 63 | 405 | 629 | 23 | 412 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 112 | 491 | 877 | 3 | 377 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 73 | 379 | 835 | 2 | 310 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 64 | 355 | 813 | 5 | 297 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 60 | 391 | 758 | 2 | 259 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 53 | 241 | 472 | 6 | 216 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 62 | 251 | 512 | 1 | 180 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 48 | 212 | 456 | 1 | 211 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 46 | 284 | 493 | 3 | 198 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 75 | 280 | 511 | 3 | 211 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 112 | 512 | 916 | 9 | 428 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 110 | 527 | 960 | 6 | 357 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 122 | 428 | 967 | 3 | 351 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 105 | 442 | 912 | 8 | 410 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 23 | 238 | 447 | 4 | 196 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 47 | 226 | 459 | 2 | 172 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 83 | 494 | 879 | - | 536 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 52 | 364 | 609 | 5 | 299 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 83 | 450 | 579 | 5 | 313 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 88 | 432 | 503 | 6 | 273 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 94 | 574 | 663 | 5 | 339 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 87 | 702 | 705 | 11 | 383 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 104 | 648 | 502 | 10 | 295 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2299 | 114 | 606 | 272 | 3 | 250 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 27415 | 2182 | 11685 | 18524 | 138 | 8414 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 easier
2 more difficult
3 stay as is
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