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relate3

Source

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

Details

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 third 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

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for relate3.

Counts by year:

yeariapspousechild (natural, adopted, step)son-/daughter-in-lawgrand/great-grandchildparent/parent-in-lawother relativenon-relativeno answerhead of householdskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
1975656376867111722----1490
19761134233317598----1499
19777243742211181695---1530
19787493714491118177---1532
1980780-59781011142424---1468
1982991576652718162012---1860
1983797772351410211732--1599
198478356191101111258---1473
19858449625251310224---1534
198676886126121415296---1470
198794810707227112847372--1819
19888473548214927229---1481
1989834859261241129401--1537
19908104491510617236---1372
199184955771101022349---1517
19938955630791117284---1606
199417511310944232132477---2992
1996172913970102120246354---2904
1998171323923101512325648---2832
20001668-924103329375660---2817
20021815-77415391340636---2765
20041780-89911342429314---2812
20062778-14959444552843---4510
20081221-6841341833293---2023
20101319-60010261526453---2044
20121259-5833142047417---1974
20141642-7438212229685---2538
20161919-76514373337593---2867
20181561-6517282331461---2348
20212440-12143527284150--17-4032
20222985-4477112731323-1-3544
Total40989129228101856265678331246381518067789

See also

Other Household Members and Structure: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate4, where2, where3

Other Cohabitation: relate4

Other Family: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate4, where2, where3

Other Household: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate4, where2, where3