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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:

yeara few times a weekevery dayless than once a weekneverno answeronce a weekiapskipped on webdon't knowTotal
1972241110569682128---1613
1973------1504--1504
1974------1484--1484
197523598181652126---1490
1976------1499--1499
1977254952100733148---1530
1978308874113794154---1532
1980------1468--1468
19824259611381126218---1860
198333189112780-170---1599
1984------1473--1473
1985324807116874196---1534
1986289789116902184---1470
19873919491301108231---1819
19882355008748-118493--1481
198924850276491130531--1537
199020548889451100444--1372
199122052587512139493--1517
199328249796645136526--1606
199445296919676-2611038--2992
19964768252251203311944--2904
19984208052021491294961--2832
2000459698277162-277944--2817
200221936912190-1091857--2765
200422235812171-1341906--2812
2006611945404350-4181782--4510
2008300431200191-207694--2023
2010277449220269-215614--2044
20122303532173061195672--1974
2014260417271481-246863--2538
20162703983006882229980--2867
2018174312211678-184789--2348
20213616424521001-24013297-4032
2022267383329119111951168643544
Total898619175517168444856932645613472390

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(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