Condition of health

health

Source

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

Details

Question 159. Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	excellent	fair	good	no answer	poor	don't know	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	483	321	722	1	86	-	-	-	1613
1973	479	315	599	3	107	1	-	-	1504
1974	486	314	589	4	91	-	-	-	1484
1975	482	319	592	1	96	-	-	-	1490
1976	469	296	629	-	104	1	-	-	1499
1977	485	313	624	3	105	-	-	-	1530
1978	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532	-	1532
1980	466	288	616	2	96	-	-	-	1468
1982	569	371	775	2	143	-	-	-	1860
1983	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599	-	1599
1984	437	258	697	11	69	1	-	-	1473
1985	513	269	647	3	101	1	-	-	1534
1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470	-	1470
1987	596	339	780	2	101	1	-	-	1819
1988	300	174	440	1	62	-	504	-	1481
1989	342	183	460	1	44	3	504	-	1537
1990	285	162	419	1	48	2	455	-	1372
1991	309	196	440	5	43	-	524	-	1517
1993	339	178	487	3	67	1	531	-	1606
1994	627	345	931	2	91	-	996	-	2992
1996	749	388	1187	11	95	2	472	-	2904
1998	874	466	1345	9	136	2	-	-	2832
2000	702	394	1103	13	125	2	478	-	2817
2002	568	322	854	3	103	4	911	-	2765
2004	415	234	650	-	56	-	1457	-	2812
2006	976	704	1641	4	195	1	989	-	4510
2008	342	284	653	-	72	1	671	-	2023
2010	325	290	589	1	74	2	763	-	2044
2012	350	275	598	1	83	1	666	-	1974
2014	441	340	802	-	127	4	824	-	2538
2016	418	430	919	3	118	-	979	-	2867
2018	359	355	771	-	84	5	774	-	2348
2021	835	773	2264	-	151	-	5	4	4032
2022	691	841	1828	-	181	1	-	2	3544
2024	581	808	1755	2	150	3	-	10	3309
Total	16293	11545	27406	92	3204	39	17104	16	75699

Values

• 1 excellent

• 2 good

• 3 fair

• 4 poor

• 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