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famgen

Source

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

Details

Question Number of family generations in household. As of 2024, FAMGEN has been recoded to only account for 3+ generations. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of FAMGEN. The original FAMGEN containing data 1975 to 2022 has been renamed FAMGEN_7522.

Values

  • [1] one generation

  • [2] two generations, children

  • [3] two generations, parents

  • [4] two generations, grandchild(ren)

  • [5] three or more generations

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D2006
Full1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yearnot available in this yearone generationtwo generations, childrentwo generations, parentstwo generations, grandchild(ren)three or more generationsiapTotal
1975-61579717853-1490
1976-36135177187551499
1977-680778131148-1530
1978-703768111238-1532
1980-756641111149-1468
1982-928810212477-1860
1983-763772101242-1599
1984-745661121045-1473
1985-79967417737-1534
1986-745653131049-1470
1987-949762112770-1819
1988-80862081035-1481
1989-8436325948-1537
1990-75157310929-1372
1991-823636121036-1517
1993-8477069935-1606
1994-16271240241982-2992
1996-16621115172585-2904
1998-16741070221254-2832
2000-15891093292086-2817
2002-1728938151866-2765
2004-16611029352364-2812
2006-261717005039104-4510
2008-1156751132479-2023
2010-12537575524-2044
2012-118774120125-1974
2014-153497213217-2538
2016-1784103216926-2867
2018-1478738301884-2348
2021-260212167044100-4032
2022-116851539164217643544
2024-109050236143716303309
Total037926262436214751684414971098

See also

Other Household Members and Structure: hhtype, hhtype1, relhh1, relhh2, relhh3, relhh4, rplace, rvisitor, visitors

Other Household: hhtype, hhtype1, relhh1, relhh2, relhh3, relhh4, rplace, rvisitor, visitors