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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 668. Was this a relative, a close friend, or just someone you didn't know very well? d. Close friends
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | close friend | no answer | not close friend | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2531 | 98 | 9 | 266 | 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 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 72017 | 98 | 9 | 266 | 72390 |
1 close friend
2 not close friend
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(q) 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