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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1286. And when a marriage is troubled and unhappy, is it generally better for the husband if the couple stays together or gets divorced?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | better to divorce | can't choose | much better to div | much worse to div | no answer | worse to divorce | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 67 | 571 | 322 | 234 | 76 | 31 | 180 | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 |
Total | 70976 | 571 | 322 | 234 | 76 | 31 | 180 | 72390 |
1
much better to div
2
better to divorce
3
worse to divorce
4
much worse to div
NA(d)
can't choose
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