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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 258. If the husband in a family wants children, but the wife decides that she does not want any children, is it all right for the wife to refuse to have children?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | - | 147 | 471 | 10 | 902 | 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 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2149 | 49 | 123 | 7 | 576 | 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 | 70105 | 196 | 594 | 17 | 1478 | 72390 |
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