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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 328. Now we would like to know something about the groups or organizations to which individuals belong. Here is a list of various organizations. Could you tell me whether or not you are a member of each type? f. Sports goups
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 1 | 1202 | 19 | 262 | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 1 | 1186 | 25 | 278 | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | - | 1234 | 13 | 283 | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | - | 1223 | 12 | 297 | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 1 | 1196 | 22 | 249 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | - | 1254 | 6 | 339 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 2 | 1142 | 18 | 311 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | - | 1154 | 9 | 307 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 1 | 1472 | 19 | 327 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | - | 795 | 8 | 194 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | - | 788 | 29 | 218 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | - | 721 | 5 | 173 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 1 | 827 | 11 | 178 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 1 | 855 | 5 | 196 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2481 | - | 399 | 2 | 110 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1340 | - | 1221 | 5 | 246 | 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 | 51537 | 8 | 16669 | 208 | 3968 | 72390 |
1 yes
2 no
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