Number of children

childs

Source

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

Details

Question 12. 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).

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

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
2024	1029	484	851	475	243	96	53	16	31	-	-	19	12	3309
Total	20956	11979	18989	11671	5996	2669	1381	734	1032	201	16	52	23	75699

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