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Question 248. A split ballot was used in the 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982-2006 surveys. The variant or "Y" wordings appear on Form 2, the "Z" wordings appear on Form 3; and the standard GSS wordings appear on Form 1.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | alternate (y) | standard (x) | alternate (z) | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 751 | 753 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 731 | 753 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 721 | 778 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 771 | 761 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 492 | 493 | 483 | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 937 | 923 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 795 | 804 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 499 | 490 | 484 | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 783 | 751 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 740 | 730 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 595 | 603 | 621 | 1819 |
| 1988 | - | 763 | 718 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | - | 769 | 768 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 698 | 674 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | - | 761 | 756 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | - | 807 | 799 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | - | 1484 | 1508 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | - | 1463 | 1441 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | - | 1451 | 1381 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | - | 1408 | 1409 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | - | 1407 | 1358 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | - | 1411 | 1401 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | - | 2290 | 2220 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | - | 1019 | 1004 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 1030 | 1014 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 976 | 998 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 1264 | 1274 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 1430 | 1437 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 1160 | 1188 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 2045 | 1987 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | - | 1764 | 1780 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 4633 | 33215 | 32954 | 1588 | 72390 |
1 standard (x)
2 alternate (y)
3 alternate (z)
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