Death of mother

madeath

Source

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

Details

Question B. Death of respondent's mother

Values

• [0] no death reported

• [1] died before r 16

• [2] died 6+ yrs ago

• [3] died 1-5 yrs ago

• [4] died last year

• [8] cant tell

• [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

ballots	years
-/-	1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	no death reported	died before r 16	died 6+ yrs ago	died 1-5 yrs ago	died last year	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1978	-	914	36	386	87	30	63	16	-	1532
1980	-	868	39	363	78	35	72	13	-	1468
1983	-	1000	39	389	70	29	63	9	-	1599
1984	-	904	27	362	60	20	73	27	-	1473
1986	-	874	17	385	82	28	73	11	-	1470
1987	-	1107	30	415	106	37	97	27	-	1819
1988	484	581	19	257	58	29	41	12	-	1481
1989	502	629	21	263	41	25	54	2	-	1537
1990	473	568	15	214	38	14	48	2	-	1372
1991	500	639	20	246	45	10	53	4	-	1517
1993	549	650	23	266	47	20	48	3	-	1606
1994	2481	312	16	137	17	8	20	1	-	2992
Total	4989	9046	302	3683	729	285	705	127	0	19866

See also

Other Core: chlddth, death16, death5, hosdis5, hosrel1, hosrel4, padeath, unrel1, unrel4

Other Family: chlddth, death16, death5, padeath