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mar9

Source

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

Details

Question Please tell me the names of the people who usually live in this household. Let's start with the head of the household. (LIST ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Have we forgotten anyone: such as babies or small children; roomers; people who usually live here, but are away temporarily–on business trips, vacations, at school, temporarily in a hospital, and so on? (LIST ADDITIONAL PERSONS ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Are there any people currently staying here–visitors, friends or relatives–do not usually live here? (LIST VISITORS ON LINES 11-14 BELOW.) A. What is that (PERSON'S) relationship to the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD? B. Code sex. (ASK IF NOT OBVIOUS). C. How old was (HEAD/PERSON) on (his/her) last birthday? D. IF 13 YRS OR OLDER ASK: Is (PERSON) now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or has (he/she) never been married? E. Are any of the people we have listed staying somewhere else right now? If yes, who is staying somewhere else right now? F. Where is (PERSON) staying right now? Is (PERSON) staying at another household; Is (he/she) traveling; Is (he/she) in some institution or dormitory–like at college or in a hospital or something; or what? 4. Marital status of ninth person

Values

  • 1 married

  • 2 widowed

  • 3 divorced

  • 4 separated

  • 5 never married

  • 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

yearballotsavailability
1975-/-/-/-full
1976-/-/-/-full
1977-/-/-/-full
1978-/-/-/-full
1980-/-/-/-full
1982-/-/-/-full
1983-/-/-/-full
1984-/-/-/-full
1985-/-/-/-full
1986-/-/-/-full
1987-/-/-/-full
1988A/B/C/-full
1989A/B/C/-full
1990A/B/C/-full
1991A/B/C/-full
1993A/B/C/-full
1994A/B/C/-full
1996A/B/C/-full
1998A/B/C/-full
2000A/B/C/-full
2002A/B/C/-full
2004A/B/C/-full
2006A/B/C/Dfull
2008A/B/C/-full
2010A/B/C/-full
2012A/B/C/-full
2014A/B/C/-full
2016A/B/C/-full
2018A/B/C/-full
2021A/B/C/-full
2022A/B/C/-full

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for mar9.

See also

Other Household Members and Structure: away10, away9, gender10, mar10, old10, relate10, relate11, where10, where9