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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question INTERVIEWER: PLEASE RECORD THE COLOR FROM THE COLOR CARD THAT MOST CLOSELY CORRESPONDS TO THE RESPONDENT'S FACIAL COLORING.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 1 - lightest | 10 - darkest | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | no answer | not available in this year | 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 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 561 | 18 | 531 | 234 | 106 | 72 | 45 | 65 | 49 | 17 | 276 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 1045 | 6 | 513 | 247 | 102 | 86 | 60 | 58 | 39 | 28 | 354 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 1049 | 9 | 785 | 292 | 166 | 116 | 82 | 79 | 61 | 21 | 207 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 904 | 3 | 556 | 219 | 106 | 86 | 60 | 56 | 46 | 17 | 295 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1864 | 785 | 9 | 353 | 175 | 93 | 75 | 65 | 60 | 52 | 13 | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 56951 | 4344 | 45 | 2738 | 1167 | 573 | 435 | 312 | 318 | 247 | 96 | 1132 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 1 - lightest
10 10 - darkest
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