R's age when 1st child born

agekdbrn_9422

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question How old were you when your first child was born? As of 2024, AGEKDBRN has been recoded to only account for first child born during ages 18-45. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of AGEKDBRN. The original AGEKDBRN containing data from 1994 to 2022 has been renamed AGEKDBRN_9422.

Values

• [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for agekdbrn_9422.

Counts by year:

year	not available in this year	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	45	9	don't know	iap	no answer	44	46	48	49	65	43	47	11	50	51	54	53	56	52	55	57	10	skipped on web	90	97	Total
1994	-	1	2	5	8	39	63	109	125	142	128	101	106	114	117	92	91	82	61	57	39	28	18	17	14	10	3	6	6	6	1	2	1	1	1	1377	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	-	1	5	7	19	58	85	133	151	182	203	170	135	130	139	121	103	82	53	64	39	32	28	19	26	12	13	11	2	6	4	-	2	-	10	824	28	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	-	-	5	7	20	48	99	124	176	166	177	144	156	111	151	92	89	93	66	70	36	52	22	19	18	15	9	5	9	3	7	6	1	-	3	802	28	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	-	-	1	6	20	53	97	142	154	164	164	162	118	130	140	97	96	78	74	64	37	38	31	21	24	12	8	10	8	4	4	4	-	-	7	813	32	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	-	-	4	3	15	46	79	122	158	180	187	156	134	127	108	94	96	78	62	69	45	47	39	18	25	21	15	5	5	4	3	3	-	-	2	799	9	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	-	1	2	6	12	48	72	132	168	177	181	157	115	131	114	104	119	86	56	87	52	55	33	27	26	12	12	10	11	6	3	2	1	-	10	767	9	1	1	-	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	-	-	2	8	22	62	89	134	156	201	216	148	149	120	132	122	91	80	84	79	42	49	31	21	21	23	15	13	6	10	4	5	1	-	1	2348	13	2	1	1	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	-	-	2	5	14	40	64	102	104	135	149	115	92	79	93	88	71	67	46	57	26	30	19	19	26	13	7	11	5	2	-	4	1	-	6	521	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	-	1	4	10	16	44	70	117	110	125	133	95	87	88	69	64	70	65	48	52	42	33	23	15	16	19	13	6	6	6	6	6	2	-	2	562	10	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	-	-	1	7	20	30	68	101	102	110	134	78	95	82	94	70	78	58	52	55	32	32	28	29	21	13	11	10	7	6	3	1	-	-	3	536	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	-	2	2	4	16	63	80	117	135	134	168	120	114	107	123	70	62	63	60	86	37	51	38	27	40	21	16	14	10	11	6	5	2	-	7	704	10	1	1	1	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	-	1	4	12	16	67	84	135	165	164	170	115	124	101	144	109	89	76	71	97	50	55	41	31	38	19	18	13	13	15	4	5	3	1	3	797	11	1	2	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	-	1	2	6	20	35	70	96	131	126	142	113	101	115	120	63	67	87	59	83	37	43	38	20	28	9	10	10	7	10	4	3	1	-	10	663	9	1	1	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	-	-	4	5	21	55	89	132	157	213	207	158	170	171	177	134	143	144	109	147	72	94	80	70	58	41	29	37	29	20	9	5	5	1	-	1212	-	2	2	2	1	-	2	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	17	-	-	4032
2022	-	1	2	7	24	53	97	133	168	176	207	147	131	129	145	138	122	117	91	121	46	59	52	42	45	28	24	24	22	14	9	11	2	1	1	1107	8	2	3	-	2	-	6	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	22	1	1	3544
Total	0	9	42	98	263	741	1206	1829	2160	2395	2566	1979	1827	1735	1866	1458	1387	1256	992	1188	632	698	521	395	426	268	203	185	146	123	67	62	22	4	66	13832	198	17	16	6	7	1	26	14	3	9	4	2	1	1	4	1	3	1	39	1	1	43002

See also

Other Core: babies_7222, babies_exp_22, childs_exp_22, childsinhh_2122, preteen_7222, preteen_exp_22, teens_7222, teens_exp_22, unrelat_7222