How often does r read newspaper

news

Source

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

Details

Question 241. How often do you read the newspaper - every day, a few times a week, once a week, less than once a week, or never?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	a few times a week	every day	less than once a week	never	no answer	once a week	iap	skipped on web	don't know	Total
1972	241	1105	69	68	2	128	-	-	-	1613
1973	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504	-	-	1504
1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484	-	-	1484
1975	235	981	81	65	2	126	-	-	-	1490
1976	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499	-	-	1499
1977	254	952	100	73	3	148	-	-	-	1530
1978	308	874	113	79	4	154	-	-	-	1532
1980	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468	-	-	1468
1982	425	961	138	112	6	218	-	-	-	1860
1983	331	891	127	80	-	170	-	-	-	1599
1984	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473	-	-	1473
1985	324	807	116	87	4	196	-	-	-	1534
1986	289	789	116	90	2	184	-	-	-	1470
1987	391	949	130	110	8	231	-	-	-	1819
1988	235	500	87	48	-	118	493	-	-	1481
1989	248	502	76	49	1	130	531	-	-	1537
1990	205	488	89	45	1	100	444	-	-	1372
1991	220	525	87	51	2	139	493	-	-	1517
1993	282	497	96	64	5	136	526	-	-	1606
1994	452	969	196	76	-	261	1038	-	-	2992
1996	476	825	225	120	3	311	944	-	-	2904
1998	420	805	202	149	1	294	961	-	-	2832
2000	459	698	277	162	-	277	944	-	-	2817
2002	219	369	121	90	-	109	1857	-	-	2765
2004	222	358	121	71	-	134	1906	-	-	2812
2006	611	945	404	350	-	418	1782	-	-	4510
2008	300	431	200	191	-	207	694	-	-	2023
2010	277	449	220	269	-	215	614	-	-	2044
2012	230	353	217	306	1	195	672	-	-	1974
2014	260	417	271	481	-	246	863	-	-	2538
2016	270	398	300	688	2	229	980	-	-	2867
2018	174	312	211	678	-	184	789	-	-	2348
2021	361	642	452	1001	-	240	1329	7	-	4032
2022	267	383	329	1191	1	195	1168	6	4	3544
2024	239	342	287	1128	4	172	1126	7	4	3309
Total	9225	19517	5458	7972	52	5865	27582	20	8	75699

Values

• 1 every day

• 2 a few times a week

• 3 once a week

• 4 less than once a week

• 5 never

• 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