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

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Question What do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?

Values

  • [7] 7 or more

  • [8] as many as you want

  • [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

ballotsyears
-/-1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
A/B1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year01234567 or moreas many as you wantdon't knowiapno answerskipped on webTotal
197227196383752864943189761---1613
197417306513462313215611640---1484
19751628712347216171458946---1490
19763149753298192271169438---1499
197716287363472223711129130---1530
19781626752353196341488548---1532
1982175493435025937242210459---1860
19831727815370195231539143---1599
19851638840331165279106434---1534
19861524742359185251557030---1470
1988171649625211115934920493--1481
198911275362138926865337531--1537
199010175022179012714329444--1372
1991112853722110314726140493--1517
199310375952169013336152526--1606
1994275010464391892334120761015--2992
1996245410724091622212712078944--2904
1998254910053651631711815771961--2832
20002464946439153147213494940--2817
2002132944722381165179141857--2765
20049154492179078484231906--2812
2006224296350616123146214412518--4510
20081532630326102176315147694--2023
2010642672346123247615549614--2044
20121031601337117177613343672--1974
20141826795410132258319860863--2538
201613368444771943561120566980--2867
201818346914141522713814953789--2348
2021494910765011602293824-1339--4032
202239479415321672569555-1223--3544
202432598264421533312135554311264113309
Total591110723243109784929735339204500113652092841169435

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