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Source

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

Details

Question 211. What do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year01234567 or moreas many as you wantdon't knowiapTotal
197227196383752864943189761-1613
1973----------15041504
197417306513462313215611640-1484
19751628712347216171458946-1490
19763149753298192271169438-1499
197716287363472223711129130-1530
19781626752353196341488548-1532
1980----------14681468
1982175493435025937242210459-1860
19831727815370195231539143-1599
1984----------14731473
19851638840331165279106434-1534
19861524742359185251557030-1470
1987----------18191819
19881716496252111159349204931481
1989112753621389268653375311537
1990101750221790127143294441372
19911128537221103147261404931517
1993103759521690133361525261606
19942750104643918923341207610152992
19962454107240916222127120789442904
19982549100536516317118157719612832
200024649464391531472134949402817
20021329447223811651791418572765
200491544921790784842319062812
20062242963506161231462144125184510
200815326303261021763151476942023
20106426723461232476155496142044
201210316013371171776133436721974
201418267954101322583198608632538
2016133684447719435611205669802867
2018183469141415227138149537892348
2021494910765011602293824-13394032
202239479415321672569555-12233544
Total559104822417105364776702327191444613222606672390

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(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