Death of child

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Source

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

Details

Question 275c. Death of child or child's spouse.

Overview

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	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	417	22	83	7	19	984	-	1532
1980	389	26	63	7	13	970	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	431	17	56	12	13	1070	-	1599
1984	431	23	76	10	28	905	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	399	17	77	10	3	964	-	1470
1987	517	26	93	20	23	1140	-	1819
1988	750	16	53	9	6	647	-	1481
1989	795	14	45	3	12	668	-	1537
1990	728	16	40	5	7	576	-	1372
1991	776	13	41	4	12	671	-	1517
1993	840	10	44	4	16	692	-	1606
1994	2619	8	23	6	7	329	-	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
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	58072	208	694	97	159	9616	6853	75699

Values

• 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(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