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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 173. Would you use this card and tell me which answer comes closest to how often you do the following things: f. Spend a social evening with a brother or sister
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | almost daily | don't know | never | no answer | no such people | once a month | once a year | sev times a mnth | sev times a week | sev times a year | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 71 | 4 | 153 | 5 | 168 | 167 | 245 | 182 | 208 | 329 | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 126 | 11 | 151 | 10 | 188 | 248 | 268 | 220 | 259 | 379 | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 70 | 5 | 163 | 3 | 169 | 204 | 207 | 208 | 221 | 349 | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 70 | 4 | 145 | 4 | 141 | 197 | 259 | 222 | 168 | 324 | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 88 | 5 | 148 | 7 | 114 | 208 | 229 | 162 | 190 | 319 | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 57 | 2 | 106 | 11 | 74 | 131 | 148 | 109 | 137 | 213 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 52 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 68 | 144 | 158 | 104 | 132 | 241 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 61 | - | 84 | 5 | 86 | 134 | 131 | 91 | 121 | 215 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 50 | 6 | 95 | 4 | 82 | 150 | 157 | 118 | 126 | 236 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 52 | 3 | 112 | 9 | 95 | 152 | 158 | 140 | 128 | 231 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2485 | 17 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 45 | 54 | 92 | 57 | 63 | 110 | 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 | 58862 | 714 | 43 | 1326 | 62 | 1230 | 1789 | 2052 | 1613 | 1753 | 2946 | 72390 |
0 no such people
1 almost daily
2 sev times a week
3 sev times a mnth
4 once a month
5 sev times a year
6 once a year
7 never
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