spdeath
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 275e. Death of spouse.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | died 1-5 yrs ago | died 6+ yrs ago | died last year | 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 | 237 | 41 | 115 | 18 | 19 | 1102 | 1532 |
| 1980 | 242 | 45 | 109 | 22 | 13 | 1037 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 265 | 41 | 123 | 15 | 20 | 1135 | 1599 |
| 1984 | 282 | 54 | 101 | 17 | 18 | 1001 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 266 | 44 | 129 | 18 | 4 | 1009 | 1470 |
| 1987 | 380 | 54 | 152 | 36 | 18 | 1179 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 675 | 20 | 80 | 17 | 7 | 682 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 710 | 33 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 704 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 650 | 20 | 86 | 13 | 7 | 596 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 710 | 39 | 79 | 6 | 10 | 673 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 736 | 31 | 86 | 13 | 14 | 726 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2585 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 350 | 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 | 60262 | 436 | 1163 | 193 | 142 | 10194 | 72390 |
0 no death reported
1 died 6+ yrs ago
2 died 1-5 yrs ago
3 died last year
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