Rely on friends or close relatives

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Source

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

Details

Question People have different opinions about who you can rely on and who should be important to you. While some people think that you can rely more on close relatives, others think that you can rely more on close friends. Which view is closer to your opinion?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	2	3	5	6	9	can't choose	no answer	skipped on web	you can definitely rely more on close friends	you can definitely rely more on close relatives	you can rely equally on both	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	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
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	2386	111	101	43	30	91	56	11	5	87	215	408	3544
Total	71232	111	101	43	30	91	56	11	5	87	215	408	72390

Values

• 1 you can definitely rely more on close relatives

• 4 you can rely equally on both

• 7 you can definitely rely more on close friends

• 8 you cannot rely on either of them

• NA(d) can't choose

• 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