Skip to contents

Relationship of 4th person to household head

Source: R/gss_vars_583.R
relate4.Rd

relate4

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 fourth 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 relate4.

Counts by year:

yeariapchild (natural, adopted, step)son-/daughter-in-lawgrand/great-grandchildparent/parent-in-lawother relativenon-relativespouseno answerhead of householdskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
197595249621351012-----1490
19761255231-8131-----1499
1977100748211751251----1530
1978101747831147615---1532
198010403762142610-18---1468
19821343446103268636---1860
198311044519112115123--1599
1984106237421624625---1473
19851112384-85713221--1534
19861032388418261325---1470
1987128241853541628328---1819
1988109734611339723---1481
198910983704163414721---1537
19901032295613261215---1372
1991112533841311717-2---1517
19931190371215261532---1606
199422746245346152653---2992
19962184591626623271031---2904
1998219553482361819524---2832
2000212756963571621-36---2817
2002226641773011623-5---2765
2004221452253151617-2---2812
20063502897333102737-1---4510
2008154740543421118-2---2023
20101627329102861427-3---2044
2012152636142862621-2---1974
20142040420112471123-2---2538
20162353426103481716-3---2867
20181899354162951728-----2348
202131696981040202364---8-4032
202232102725971820-1-2-3544
Total518811366316569115140055748219410067789

See also

Other Household Members and Structure: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate3, where2, where3

Other Cohabitation: relate3

Other Family: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate3, where2, where3

Other Household: away3, gender3, gender4, mar3, old3, old4, relate3, where2, where3