Can wife refuse to have children

febear

Source

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

Details

Question 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?

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(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	1996
Full	1977

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	Total
1977	-	902	471	147	10	1530
1996	2149	576	123	49	7	2904
Total	2149	1478	594	196	17	4434