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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1043. Now, think about this situation. A doctor tells a couple that their genetic makeup means that they've got one in four chances of having a child with an inherited illness. a. Does this mean that if their first child has the illness, the next three will not have the illness?
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 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 2646 | 96 | 1596 | 3 | 169 | 4510 |
2008 | 518 | 108 | 1228 | 13 | 156 | 2023 |
2010 | 1328 | 48 | 585 | 8 | 75 | 2044 |
2012 | 972 | 84 | 819 | 9 | 90 | 1974 |
2014 | 1299 | 88 | 1021 | 4 | 126 | 2538 |
2016 | 1477 | 63 | 1155 | 11 | 161 | 2867 |
2018 | 1173 | 63 | 975 | 5 | 132 | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 63499 | 550 | 7379 | 53 | 909 | 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