reg16
Details
Question In what state or foreign country were you living when you were 16 years old? As of 2024, REG16 has been recoded to only account for four categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of REG16. The original REG16 containing data from 1972 to 2022 has been renamed REG16_7222.
Values
[0]foreign[1]northeast[2]midwest[3]south[4]west[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 reg16.
Counts by year:
| year | foreign | northeast | midwest | south | west | iap | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 66 | 388 | 460 | 524 | 175 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 58 | 317 | 427 | 531 | 171 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 54 | 312 | 465 | 491 | 162 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 50 | 315 | 436 | 519 | 170 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 66 | 327 | 458 | 483 | 165 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 73 | 312 | 469 | 499 | 177 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 61 | 336 | 464 | 508 | 163 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 64 | 290 | 433 | 496 | 185 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 73 | 353 | 521 | 726 | 187 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 76 | 363 | 505 | 468 | 187 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 62 | 307 | 451 | 470 | 183 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 66 | 315 | 432 | 511 | 210 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 72 | 307 | 451 | 445 | 195 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 67 | 340 | 523 | 688 | 201 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 76 | 303 | 443 | 462 | 197 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 82 | 312 | 459 | 464 | 220 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 70 | 290 | 411 | 406 | 195 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 66 | 323 | 427 | 493 | 208 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 84 | 301 | 468 | 515 | 238 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 166 | 608 | 774 | 991 | 453 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 180 | 631 | 776 | 881 | 436 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 174 | 597 | 748 | 910 | 403 | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 191 | 599 | 714 | 891 | 422 | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 195 | 591 | 761 | 837 | 381 | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 194 | 503 | 738 | 905 | 472 | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 489 | 756 | 1086 | 1418 | 761 | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 193 | 372 | 503 | 602 | 353 | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 189 | 370 | 514 | 630 | 341 | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 205 | 350 | 480 | 608 | 331 | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 280 | 477 | 591 | 742 | 448 | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 249 | 530 | 737 | 865 | 486 | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 217 | 383 | 555 | 774 | 419 | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 282 | 719 | 1147 | 1127 | 743 | 14 | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 315 | 570 | 855 | 1147 | 647 | - | 1 | 9 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 311 | 577 | 868 | 1012 | 524 | - | 3 | 14 | 3309 |
| Total | 5116 | 14744 | 20550 | 24039 | 11209 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 75699 |
See also
Other Core:
cobarate,
coeftotlt,
cogradtounder,
mobile16,
race,
res16,
sex,
spbarate,
spgradtounder