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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1633. What is (NAME)'s relationship to spouse?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | adopted child | child of non-relative | child, not specified | friend | grandchild, great-grandchild | natural/biological child | niece or nephew | no answer | other non-relative (employee, boarder) | parent | sibling-in-law | stepchild | uncle or aunt | brother, sister (full, half, or step sibling) | grandparent, great-grandparent | other relative (great-aunt, grandniece, etc.) | parent-in-law | son-in-law, daughter-in-law | don't know | roommate, housemate | cousin | not available in this release | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2597 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 135 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2594 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 111 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2606 | - | 2 | 49 | 1 | 12 | 115 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4137 | 4 | 2 | 121 | 2 | 16 | 195 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1860 | - | 4 | 76 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1898 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1810 | - | 2 | 82 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2362 | 1 | 2 | 90 | - | 7 | 58 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2675 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2219 | 3 | 1 | 71 | - | 16 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 66418 | 21 | 24 | 726 | 9 | 125 | 824 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 hh spouse, partner
2 spouse
3 partner, fiance(e), boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.
4 child, not specified
5 grandchild, great-grandchild
6 son-in-law, daughter-in-law
7 parent
8 parent-in-law
9 grandparent, great-grandparent
10 uncle or aunt
11 niece or nephew
12 cousin
13 brother, sister (full, half, or step sibling)
14 sibling-in-law
15 other relative (great-aunt, grandniece, etc.)
16 roommate, housemate
17 friend
18 child of non-relative
19 other non-relative (employee, boarder)
41 natural/biological child
42 adopted child
43 stepchild
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