Number of adult sister or brother

sibnum

Source

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

Details

Question In the first part of this questionnaire, we would like to ask you about your family and friends. For example, about how often you see or visit them, and when you turn to them for help or advice. We would like to begin with your brothers and sisters. How many adult brothers and/or sisters - we mean brothers or sisters who are age 18 and older - do you have? (We mean brothers and sisters who are still alive. Please include step-brothers and -sisters, half-brothers and sisters and adopted brothers and sisters) If you have no ADULT brothers or sisters, enter ”0”.

Values

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

year	ballots	availability
2002	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for sibnum.