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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1208c. Now thinking of your best friend, or the friend you feel closest to: Is this friend a man or a woman?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | man | no answer | woman | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 77 | 582 | 12 | 799 | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | 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 | 70997 | 582 | 12 | 799 | 72390 |
1 man
2 woman
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