preteen
Details
Question Household Size and Composition (see Appendix D: Recodes, for information about these variables). B. NUMBER OF MEMBERS 6 TO 12 YEARS OLD: As of 2024, PRETEEN has been recoded to only account for 0 to 2+ children ages 6 to 12 in the household. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of PRETEEN. The original PRETEEN containing data from 1972 to 2022 has been renamed PRETEEN_7222.
Values
[0]0[1]1[2]2 or more[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
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C/- | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for preteen.
Counts by year:
| year | 0 | 1 | 2 or more | no answer | skipped on web | iap | Total |
| 1972 | 1159 | 252 | 202 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1101 | 212 | 191 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1066 | 224 | 192 | 2 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1127 | 202 | 161 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1139 | 221 | 137 | 2 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1154 | 219 | 148 | 9 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1159 | 220 | 139 | 14 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1131 | 209 | 116 | 12 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1470 | 259 | 126 | 5 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1235 | 228 | 130 | 6 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1188 | 169 | 111 | 5 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1238 | 184 | 107 | 5 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1172 | 184 | 108 | 6 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1438 | 237 | 142 | 2 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1167 | 196 | 106 | 12 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1208 | 193 | 116 | 20 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1102 | 157 | 103 | 10 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1198 | 184 | 106 | 29 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1294 | 192 | 116 | 4 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2423 | 369 | 197 | 3 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2368 | 346 | 190 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2315 | 311 | 200 | 6 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2200 | 377 | 193 | 47 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2337 | 260 | 138 | 30 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2358 | 282 | 153 | 19 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3748 | 483 | 242 | 37 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1673 | 219 | 102 | 29 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1739 | 186 | 112 | 7 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1636 | 210 | 107 | 21 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2220 | 195 | 119 | 4 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2497 | 229 | 115 | 26 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2047 | 183 | 89 | 29 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3544 | 313 | 172 | - | 3 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1544 | 138 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 1764 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1437 | 159 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 1630 | 3309 |
| Total | 58832 | 8202 | 4852 | 410 | 9 | 3394 | 75699 |