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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question Do you know a woman or a man who is? G. A car mechanic?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | close friend | don't know | family or relative | no one | someone else i know | 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 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 1175 | 286 | 1 | 278 | 322 | 286 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71217 | 286 | 1 | 278 | 322 | 286 | 72390 |
1 family or relative
2 close friend
3 someone else i know
4 no one
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