kidnum
Details
Question Now some questions about your children who are aged 18 and older. How many children age 18 and older do you have? (We mean children who are still alive. Please include step-children and adopted children.) If you have no children age 18 and older, enter '0'.
Values
[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for kidnum.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | not available in this year | Total |
| 2002 | 1616 | 691 | 99 | 162 | 100 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 4 | - | 2765 |
| 2012 | 1955 | - | 7 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| Total | 3571 | 691 | 106 | 172 | 102 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4739 |