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Marital status

Source: R/gss_vars_03.R
marital.Rd

marital

Source

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

Details

Question Are you currently–married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?

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

ballotsyears
A/B/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D2006
Full1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yearmarriedwidoweddivorcedseparatednever marriedno answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
197211601396539210---1613
197310761236052193---1504
197410651217638184---1484
197510021448449211---1490
19769741699851207---1499
197797516510362225---1530
1978960153134472371--1532
198088916412548242---1468
198299322220391351---1860
198396516215948265---1599
198482915416642282---1473
198587116116965268---1534
198682617014860266---1470
1987915217222843801--1819
198878816118648298---1481
198984715317759301---1537
1990727171171372651--1372
199180416817545325---1517
1993859172230443001--1606
199415412884461026141--2992
199613902824551186581--2904
19981346283446936631--2832
200012782734411127121--2817
2002126924744596708---2765
2004147920441595619---2812
2006217036673215610806--4510
2008972164281705315--2023
2010891181341655651--2044
201290016331768526---1974
20141158209411816754--2538
201612122514951028061--2867
2018998200403756702--2348
20211999301655969721174032
2022146825560810310959153544
2024136324951610710598-73309
Total389597005101582548169634521975699

See also

Other Core: agewed, indstatus, indtag, indus10, martype, occstatus, occtag, prestg10, prestg105plus

Other Family: agewed

Other Marital Status: agewed