Type of place lived in when 16 yrs old

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Source

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

Details

Question 25. Which of the categories on this card comes closest to the type of place you were living in when you were 16 years old?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	don't know	farm	in a large city (over 250,000)	in a medium-size city (50,000-250,000)	in a small city or town (under 50,000)	in a suburb near a large city	in open country but not on a farm	no answer	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	1	340	334	198	500	91	147	2	-	-	1613
1973	2	343	250	188	479	106	135	1	-	-	1504
1974	-	362	222	192	438	123	144	3	-	-	1484
1975	-	337	250	179	430	102	192	-	-	-	1490
1976	1	341	242	186	448	120	160	1	-	-	1499
1977	2	344	211	187	524	88	170	4	-	-	1530
1978	1	333	215	206	472	130	174	1	-	-	1532
1980	-	310	225	204	465	118	145	1	-	-	1468
1982	-	377	311	231	577	166	187	11	-	-	1860
1983	-	252	241	244	536	156	170	-	-	-	1599
1984	2	318	206	200	466	133	144	4	-	-	1473
1985	1	281	189	235	523	154	146	5	-	-	1534
1986	-	268	229	247	449	137	140	-	-	-	1470
1987	1	341	306	295	489	176	206	5	-	-	1819
1988	-	252	219	217	477	142	172	2	-	-	1481
1989	1	258	203	239	496	169	168	3	-	-	1537
1990	2	236	227	196	437	139	134	1	-	-	1372
1991	2	251	215	212	501	158	176	2	-	-	1517
1993	2	288	236	220	466	205	187	2	-	-	1606
1994	2	405	456	469	931	368	357	4	-	-	2992
1996	3	374	418	494	922	357	333	3	-	-	2904
1998	2	371	462	450	857	361	327	2	-	-	2832
2000	1	385	449	461	871	333	311	6	-	-	2817
2002	3	315	459	439	831	390	327	1	-	-	2765
2004	1	274	429	427	999	364	318	-	-	-	2812
2006	2	268	434	523	1005	385	374	1	1518	-	4510
2008	1	213	337	340	653	252	227	-	-	-	2023
2010	2	198	328	369	672	261	213	1	-	-	2044
2012	1	206	298	376	596	280	217	-	-	-	1974
2014	2	211	421	438	813	377	275	1	-	-	2538
2016	4	234	438	493	979	413	304	2	-	-	2867
2018	-	154	391	450	774	324	255	-	-	-	2348
2021	1	204	692	777	1208	742	406	-	-	2	4032
2022	7	189	630	648	1135	604	330	-	-	1	3544
2024	2	205	548	626	1117	468	331	3	-	9	3309
Total	52	10038	11721	11856	23536	8892	8002	72	1518	12	75699

Values

• 1 in open country but not on a farm

• 2 farm

• 3 in a small city or town (under 50,000)

• 4 in a medium-size city (50,000-250,000)

• 5 in a suburb near a large city

• 6 in a large city (over 250,000)

• 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