brv5
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question These next questions are about your experiences losing people close to you. Thinking back five years, to the period from January 1, 2017 through today, did you experience the death of someone close to you?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | no | yes | 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 | 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 | 2309 | 361 | 874 | 3544 |
| Total | 71155 | 361 | 874 | 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