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Source

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

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

ballotsyears
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/D2006
Full1972, 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:

yearforeignnortheastmidwestsouthwestiapdon't knowskipped on webTotal
197266388460524175---1613
197358317427531171---1504
197454312465491162---1484
197550315436519170---1490
197666327458483165---1499
197773312469499177---1530
197861336464508163---1532
198064290433496185---1468
198273353521726187---1860
198376363505468187---1599
198462307451470183---1473
198566315432511210---1534
198672307451445195---1470
198767340523688201---1819
198876303443462197---1481
198982312459464220---1537
199070290411406195---1372
199166323427493208---1517
199384301468515238---1606
1994166608774991453---2992
1996180631776881436---2904
1998174597748910403---2832
2000191599714891422---2817
2002195591761837381---2765
2004194503738905472---2812
200648975610861418761---4510
2008193372503602353---2023
2010189370514630341---2044
2012205350480608331---1974
2014280477591742448---2538
2016249530737865486---2867
2018217383555774419---2348
20212827191147112774314--4032
20223155708551147647-193544
20243115778681012524-3143309
Total5116147442055024039112091442375699