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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question (CODE TYPE OF MARRIAGE)
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | marriage between a man and a woman | marriage between two people of the same gender | not sure | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1074 | 899 | 1 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1380 | 1150 | 8 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1657 | 1195 | 15 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1351 | 990 | 7 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3929 | 83 | 1 | 19 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2838 | 682 | 4 | 20 | 3544 |
| Total | 67316 | 4999 | 36 | 39 | 72390 |
1 marriage between a man and a woman
2 marriage between two people of the same gender
3 not sure
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(q) 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