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A death of a close friend

Source: R/gss_vars_562.R
hlth9.Rd

hlth9

Source

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

Details

Question Now, I'm going to ask you about various events and conditions that happen to people. I'm interested in those that happened to you during the last 12 months, that is since (CURRENT MONTH), (1990/2003). As I ask you about the specific events, please think carefully, so I can record things accurately. A. First, thinking about health related matters, did any of the following happen to you since (CURRENT MONTH, 1990/2003)? 9. A death of a close friend.

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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2004
B/C/-1991

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for hlth9.

Counts by year:

yeariapyesnono answerTotal
199150023078251517
20041472311102272812
Total19725411804124329

See also

Other Negative Life Events: hlth10, hlth11, hlth12, hlth13, hlth14, hlth8, work1, work2, work3

Other Health: hlth10, hlth11, hlth8

Other Trauma: hlth10, hlth11, hlth8, work1, work2, work3