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How many people write letters to

Source: R/gss_vars_279.R
letters.Rd

letters

Source

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

Details

Question Of these____friends and relatives, about how many do you stay in contact with by: C. Exchanging cards or letters through U.S. postal mail?

Values

  • [1] 0

  • [2] 1 - 2

  • [3] 3 - 5

  • [4] 6 - 10

  • [5] 11 - 15

  • [6] 16-25

  • [7] 26-50

  • [8] 50+

  • [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/-2000
A/B/C2002
B/C/-2004

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariap01 - 23 - 56 - 1011 - 1516-2526-5050+don't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
2000188422715518613744644845126-2817
200274755406468354170204208112113-2765
2004187328215417410542705841112-2812
Total3831126471582859625633831419835108394

See also

Other Information Society: artgn, byemail, byphone, inperson, meetings, numcntct, perfrmgn, polcangn, polinfgn

Other Family: byemail, byphone, inperson, meetings, numcntct