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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 275b. Death of respondent's mother.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | died 1-5 yrs ago | died 6+ yrs ago | died before r 16 | died last year | don't know | no answer | no death reported | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 87 | 386 | 36 | 30 | 63 | 16 | 914 | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 78 | 363 | 39 | 35 | 72 | 13 | 868 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 70 | 389 | 39 | 29 | 63 | 9 | 1000 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 60 | 362 | 27 | 20 | 73 | 27 | 904 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 82 | 385 | 17 | 28 | 73 | 11 | 874 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 106 | 415 | 30 | 37 | 97 | 27 | 1107 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 58 | 257 | 19 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 581 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 41 | 263 | 21 | 25 | 54 | 2 | 629 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 38 | 214 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 2 | 568 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 45 | 246 | 20 | 10 | 53 | 4 | 639 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 47 | 266 | 23 | 20 | 48 | 3 | 650 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2481 | 17 | 137 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 312 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 57513 | 729 | 3683 | 302 | 285 | 705 | 127 | 9046 | 72390 |
0 no death reported
1 died before r 16
2 died 6+ yrs ago
3 died 1-5 yrs ago
4 died last year
8 cant tell
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