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Details
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.
Overview
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 |
| 2024 | - | 1626 | 1683 | - | 3309 |
| Total | 4633 | 34841 | 34637 | 1588 | 75699 |