How close are persons number 3 and 5?

close35

Source

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

Details

Question IF LESS THAN 5 NAMES MENTIONED CROSS OUT UNUSED BOXES. Please think about the relations between the people you just mentioned. Some of them may be total strangers in the sense that they wouldn't recognize each other if they bumped into each other on the street. Others may be especially close, as close or closer to each other as they are to you. First, think about NAME 1 and NAME 2. ASK CLOSE1 FOR FIRST PAIR. A. Are ____ and ____ total strangers? IF YES.......(ASK NAME1, NAME2, NAME3, NAME4, NAME5 FOR NEXT PAIR DoWN) IF NO........(ASK CLOSE12, CLOSE13, CLOSE14, CLOSE15, CLOSE 23, CLOSE24, CLOSE25, CLOSE34, CLOSE35, CLOSE45) B. Are they especially close? PROBE: As close or closer to each other as they are to you? IF YES.......(ASK NAME1, NAME2, NAME3, NAME4, NAME5 FOR NEXT PAIR DOWN) IF NO........(ASK NAME1, NAME2, NAME3, NAME4, NAME5 FOR NEXT PAIR DOWN) 9. Closeness of Third and Fifth Persons

Values

[1] especially close
[2] know each other
[3] total strangers
[7] refused
[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

ballots	years
A/B/C	2004
Full	1985

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for close35.

Counts by year:

year	iap	especially close	know each other	total strangers	no answer	Total
1985	1153	122	139	99	21	1534
2004	2600	51	62	53	46	2812
Total	3753	173	201	152	67	4346