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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 567. If the wife in a family wants children, but the husband decides that he does not want any children, is it all right for the husband to refuse to have children?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | 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 | 2199 | 106 | 232 | 1 | 366 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71685 | 106 | 232 | 1 | 366 | 72390 |
1 yes
2 no
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