Ever been divorced or separated

divorce

Source

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

Details

Question 4b. If currently married or widowed: Have you ever been divorced or legally separated?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	no	no answer	yes	don't know	skipped on web	Total
1972	314	1078	38	183	-	-	1613
1973	305	1035	6	158	-	-	1504
1974	298	1015	5	166	-	-	1484
1975	344	969	3	174	-	-	1490
1976	356	978	10	155	-	-	1499
1977	390	947	14	179	-	-	1530
1978	418	928	6	180	-	-	1532
1980	415	872	12	169	-	-	1468
1982	645	980	7	228	-	-	1860
1983	472	938	4	185	-	-	1599
1984	490	809	7	167	-	-	1473
1985	502	837	6	189	-	-	1534
1986	474	806	4	186	-	-	1470
1987	686	910	9	214	-	-	1819
1988	532	761	6	182	-	-	1481
1989	537	809	5	186	-	-	1537
1990	472	700	6	194	-	-	1372
1991	545	768	4	200	-	-	1517
1993	574	812	7	213	-	-	1606
1994	1163	1398	8	422	1	-	2992
1996	1230	1269	15	389	1	-	2904
1998	1202	1242	22	366	-	-	2832
2000	1265	1172	23	357	-	-	2817
2002	1249	1155	-	361	-	-	2765
2004	1129	1278	3	402	-	-	2812
2006	1968	1870	6	665	1	-	4510
2008	882	859	5	277	-	-	2023
2010	971	813	2	258	-	-	2044
2012	911	799	1	263	-	-	1974
2014	1167	1019	6	346	-	-	2538
2016	1403	1084	6	374	-	-	2867
2018	1148	896	6	298	-	-	2348
2021	1722	1695	1	605	-	9	4032
2022	1827	1237	2	475	-	3	3544
Total	28006	34738	265	9366	3	12	72390

Values

• 1 yes

• 2 no

• 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