Number of family generations in household (experimental version)

famgen_exp

Source

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

Details

Question Recoded from experimental Household Composition variables ADULTS_EXP to RNRLTU18 As of 2024, FAMGEN_EXP has been recoded to only account for 3+ generations. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of FAMGEN_EXP. The original FAMGEN containing data in 2022 has been renamed FAMGEN_EXP_22.

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

ballots	years
A/B/C	2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	not available in this year	one generation	two generations, children	two generations, parents	two generations, grandchild(ren)	three or more generations	iap	Total
2022	-	1099	504	106	16	39	1780	3544
2024	-	1027	463	79	8	48	1684	3309
Total	0	2126	967	185	24	87	3464	6853