Number of children

childs

Source

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

Details

Question How many children have you ever had? Please count all that were born alive at any time (including any you had from a previous marriage).

Values

• [8] 8 or more

• [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/-	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D	2006
Full	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8 or more	don't know	iap	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1972	373	240	340	276	169	87	52	28	40	8	-	-	-	1613
1973	378	200	357	233	157	65	45	22	43	4	-	-	-	1504
1974	332	226	319	245	141	97	52	25	40	7	-	-	-	1484
1975	386	242	330	234	132	64	36	19	42	5	-	-	-	1490
1976	392	244	328	227	145	65	28	32	36	2	-	-	-	1499
1977	383	256	356	229	130	70	38	19	35	14	-	-	-	1530
1978	417	240	366	222	134	63	39	24	21	6	-	-	-	1532
1980	389	236	359	213	120	64	36	18	30	3	-	-	-	1468
1982	497	326	423	259	145	82	40	27	58	3	-	-	-	1860
1983	431	261	375	259	116	61	44	25	24	3	-	-	-	1599
1984	431	230	328	212	134	55	17	19	30	17	-	-	-	1473
1985	430	226	349	241	132	76	28	17	31	4	-	-	-	1534
1986	399	214	357	218	128	61	49	14	28	2	-	-	-	1470
1987	517	289	395	291	146	64	35	21	54	7	-	-	-	1819
1988	395	239	358	208	135	71	38	13	23	1	-	-	-	1481
1989	427	230	397	236	103	70	30	20	22	2	-	-	-	1537
1990	392	208	341	215	117	50	26	14	7	2	-	-	-	1372
1991	419	255	375	215	127	54	24	23	17	8	-	-	-	1517
1993	447	259	423	243	122	64	14	8	21	5	-	-	-	1606
1994	820	484	795	447	239	103	39	23	33	9	-	-	-	2992
1996	822	461	770	420	222	94	48	27	25	15	-	-	-	2904
1998	802	474	743	411	209	86	47	19	34	7	-	-	-	2832
2000	813	455	719	449	188	93	32	25	27	16	-	-	-	2817
2002	799	469	657	481	185	73	40	22	34	5	-	-	-	2765
2004	767	474	730	459	221	79	39	18	21	4	-	-	-	2812
2006	1216	710	1147	738	386	139	83	43	35	13	-	-	-	4510
2008	521	323	524	344	160	77	30	19	22	3	-	-	-	2023
2010	562	332	528	329	144	61	35	18	32	3	-	-	-	2044
2012	536	274	569	301	167	56	33	12	23	3	-	-	-	1974
2014	704	419	658	394	198	88	40	14	15	8	-	-	-	2538
2016	797	459	733	467	213	92	51	25	22	8	-	-	-	2867
2018	663	349	623	383	166	74	47	23	16	4	-	-	-	2348
2021	1163	646	1152	578	277	79	52	17	19	-	5	33	11	4032
2022	1107	545	914	519	245	96	41	25	41	-	11	-	-	3544
Total	19927	11495	18138	11196	5753	2573	1328	718	1001	201	16	33	11	72390

See also

Other Core: maind10, maindstatus, maindtag, maoccindv, maoccstatus, maocctag, mapres10, mapres105plus, sibs