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Have gun in home

Source: R/gss_vars_76.R
owngun.Rd

owngun

Source

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

Details

Question Do you happen to have in your home (IF HOUSE: or garage) any guns or revolvers?

Values

  • [1] yes

  • [2] no

  • [3] refused

  • [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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C2021
A/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024
Full1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for owngun.

Counts by year:

yeariapyesnorefusedno answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
1973-707773159--1504
1974-6847851041-1484
1976-697779176--1499
1977-771748272-1530
1980-6957602101-1468
1982-81010192263-1860
1984-662795961-1473
1985-678842104--1534
1987-7701032107--1819
1988504389571107--1481
1989504475555-3--1537
1990455387520-91-1372
1991524393583107--1517
199353145261472--1606
199499681011601943-2992
199698177211427-2-2904
19989506541215661-2832
200095660312312331-2817
200218413106059---2765
200419143195581632-2812
20062507664130730-2-4510
200867146487015-3-2023
201076339483942-6-2044
201266644084124-3-1974
2014824529112854-3-2538
2016977593124650-1-2867
201877453799339-5-2348
2021-1383252910-31074032
20221203758151144-3253544
20241067786138436-3333309
Total1960818586289355481035016567995

See also

Other Core: burglr, fear, fearhome, pistol, polattak, polescap, rifle, robbry, shotgun

Other Guns: pistol, rifle, shotgun