shotgun
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | no | no answer | refused | yes | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 1069 | 7 | 15 | 413 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 1056 | 5 | 10 | 413 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 1054 | 10 | 17 | 418 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 1042 | 11 | 2 | 475 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 1019 | 10 | 7 | 432 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 1340 | 6 | 26 | 488 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 1051 | 6 | 9 | 407 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 1102 | 4 | 10 | 418 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 1328 | 7 | 10 | 474 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 728 | 7 | 10 | 232 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 743 | 4 | - | 286 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 672 | 9 | - | 235 | 1 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 722 | 20 | - | 251 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 777 | 2 | 7 | 289 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 1488 | 23 | 5 | 480 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 1438 | 5 | 7 | 473 | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 951 | 1477 | 9 | 6 | 389 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 1481 | 14 | 23 | 343 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 719 | - | 10 | 195 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1916 | 702 | 11 | 16 | 167 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2509 | 1578 | - | 35 | 385 | 3 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 674 | 1049 | - | 19 | 277 | 4 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 766 | 982 | - | 50 | 241 | 5 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 669 | 994 | - | 28 | 276 | 7 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 827 | 1350 | - | 63 | 293 | 5 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 1477 | - | 60 | 346 | 6 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 779 | 1203 | 4 | 39 | 319 | 4 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 3094 | 4 | 117 | 732 | 76 | 9 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1203 | 1813 | 6 | 72 | 419 | 24 | 7 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1067 | 1710 | 11 | 72 | 401 | 36 | 12 | 3309 |
| Total | 27335 | 36258 | 195 | 745 | 10967 | 171 | 28 | 75699 |