How many children expected

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Source

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

Details

Question 212a. How many (more)?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	1	2	3	4	5	6	8 or more	don't know	iap	7	not available in this year	Total
1972	86	128	33	10	4	1	3	45	1303	-	-	1613
1973	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504	-	-	1504
1974	94	113	38	16	2	1	1	33	1186	-	-	1484
1975	102	124	42	12	1	-	-	31	1178	-	-	1490
1976	91	123	40	11	-	3	-	34	1195	2	-	1499
1977	99	130	36	13	6	2	-	52	1192	-	-	1530
1978	103	163	44	20	9	4	4	9	1176	-	-	1532
1980	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468	-	-	1468
1982	153	202	48	17	6	4	4	28	1398	-	-	1860
1983	109	186	57	16	2	3	1	7	1217	1	-	1599
1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473	-	-	1473
1985	104	132	61	24	3	2	1	19	1188	-	-	1534
1986	113	136	43	15	2	3	-	19	1139	-	-	1470
1987	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819	-	-	1819
1988	73	101	32	13	3	2	-	18	1238	1	-	1481
1989	61	105	28	14	3	1	-	18	1307	-	-	1537
1990	49	96	35	10	3	1	1	10	1167	-	-	1372
1991	75	82	34	12	2	3	1	16	1292	-	-	1517
1993	80	84	41	8	3	-	-	22	1367	1	-	1606
1994	36	42	16	6	-	-	-	7	2885	-	-	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	1428	1947	628	217	49	30	16	368	64158	5	6853	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