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

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Question Please tell me the names of the people who usually live in this household. Let's start with the head of the household. (LIST ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Have we forgotten anyone: such as babies or small children; roomers; people who usually live here, but are away temporarily–on business trips, vacations, at school, temporarily in a hospital, and so on? (LIST ADDITIONAL PERSONS ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Are there any people currently staying here–visitors, friends or relatives–do not usually live here? (LIST VISITORS ON LINES 11-14 BELOW.) A. What is that (PERSON'S) relationship to the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD? B. Code sex. (ASK IF NOT OBVIOUS). C. How old was (HEAD/PERSON) on (his/her) last birthday? D. IF 13 YRS OR OLDER ASK: Is (PERSON) now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or has (he/she) never been married? E. Are any of the people we have listed staying somewhere else right now? If yes, who is staying somewhere else right now? F. Where is (PERSON) staying right now? Is (PERSON) staying at another household; Is (he/she) traveling; Is (he/she) in some institution or dormitory–like at college or in a hospital or something; or what?

  1. Relationship of first person to head of household

Values

  • [1] head of household

  • [2] spouse

  • [3] child (natural, adopted, step)

  • [4] son-/daughter-in-law

  • [5] grand/great-grandchild

  • [6] parent/parent-in-law

  • [7] other relative

  • [8] non-relative

  • [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
A/B/C/D2006
Full1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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Counts by year:

yeariaphead of householdspousenon-relativeno answerother relativechild (natural, adopted, step)parent/parent-in-lawnot available in this yearTotal
1975-1490-------1490
1976755744-------1499
1977-1530-------1530
1978-1532-------1532
1980-1468-------1468
1982-1860-------1860
1983-15811512----1599
1984-14581311----1473
1985-151414--6---1534
1986-146141--13-1470
1987-180942211--1819
1988-14765------1481
1989-15296-2----1537
1990-1372-------1372
1991-1515--2----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
2012-1974-------1974
2014-2538-------2538
2016-2867-------2867
2018-2348-------2348
20212113821-------4032
202217791765-------3544
Total2745649576159723067789