life
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | dull | exciting | no answer | routine | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 5 | 76 | 675 | 15 | 733 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 8 | 68 | 627 | 34 | 747 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 9 | 54 | 660 | 15 | 761 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 7 | 101 | 664 | 27 | 731 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 6 | 82 | 672 | - | 708 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 9 | 122 | 795 | 8 | 926 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 5 | 73 | 684 | 7 | 704 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 13 | 98 | 727 | 4 | 692 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 10 | 81 | 778 | 39 | 911 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 7 | 47 | 428 | 20 | 475 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 3 | 54 | 453 | 13 | 510 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 5 | 45 | 408 | 5 | 454 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 8 | 41 | 434 | 5 | 505 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 4 | 69 | 496 | 4 | 502 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 12 | 82 | 938 | 6 | 958 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 14 | 80 | 951 | 5 | 873 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 16 | 103 | 838 | 6 | 919 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 16 | 90 | 853 | 7 | 895 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 26 | 33 | 468 | - | 397 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 6 | 37 | 451 | - | 404 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 28 | 102 | 984 | 1 | 888 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 14 | 64 | 647 | 1 | 626 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 11 | 66 | 639 | 4 | 561 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 11 | 62 | 672 | 1 | 562 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 14 | 82 | 855 | - | 763 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 980 | 12 | 93 | 945 | 2 | 835 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 18 | 72 | 766 | 1 | 717 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1357 | 1 | 136 | 962 | - | 1571 | 5 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1203 | 4 | 114 | 993 | 1 | 1225 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1067 | 13 | 144 | 845 | 2 | 1231 | 7 | 3309 |
| Total | 28672 | 315 | 2371 | 21308 | 233 | 22784 | 16 | 75699 |