famgen
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 generations, child(ren), grandchildren[6]three generations, child(ren), parent[7]four 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
| ballots | years |
| 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/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1975, 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:
| year | iap | one generation | two generations, children | two generations, parents | two generations, grandchild(ren) | three generations, child(ren), grandchildren | three generations, child(ren), parent | four generations | not available in this release | Total |
| 1975 | - | 615 | 797 | 17 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 1 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 755 | 361 | 351 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 680 | 778 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 22 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 703 | 768 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 1 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 756 | 641 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 19 | 1 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 928 | 810 | 21 | 24 | 60 | 15 | 2 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 763 | 772 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 1 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 745 | 661 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 12 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 799 | 674 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 1 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 745 | 653 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 2 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 949 | 762 | 11 | 27 | 53 | 17 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | - | 808 | 620 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 15 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | - | 843 | 632 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 10 | 1 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 751 | 573 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 8 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | - | 823 | 636 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | - | 847 | 706 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 14 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | - | 1627 | 1240 | 24 | 19 | 62 | 19 | 1 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | - | 1662 | 1115 | 17 | 25 | 54 | 29 | 2 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | - | 1674 | 1070 | 22 | 12 | 37 | 17 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | - | 1589 | 1093 | 29 | 20 | 56 | 27 | 3 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | - | 1728 | 938 | 15 | 18 | 57 | 8 | 1 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | - | 1661 | 1029 | 35 | 23 | 48 | 16 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | - | 2617 | 1700 | 50 | 39 | 66 | 34 | 4 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | - | 1156 | 751 | 13 | 24 | 56 | 21 | 2 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 1253 | 757 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 1187 | 741 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 1534 | 972 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 11 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 1784 | 1032 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 1 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 1478 | 738 | 30 | 18 | 53 | 30 | 1 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 4299 | 33066 | 24010 | 476 | 401 | 981 | 496 | 28 | 4032 | 67789 |