Number of siblings (including step- and adopted)

sibs

Source

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

Details

Question 11. How many brothers and sisters did you have? Please count those born alive, but no longer living, as well as those alive now. Also include stepbrothers and stepsisters, and children adopted by your parents.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	0	1	2	3	4	5	6 or more	don't know	no answer	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	103	249	249	217	169	130	489	1	6	-	-	1613
1973	86	221	231	197	159	129	478	3	-	-	-	1504
1974	76	218	214	224	181	131	439	1	-	-	-	1484
1975	95	206	243	212	145	125	459	2	3	-	-	1490
1976	89	194	222	222	175	153	443	-	1	-	-	1499
1977	80	194	249	188	183	138	495	1	2	-	-	1530
1978	98	216	268	210	168	133	439	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	73	212	230	195	189	147	421	1	-	-	-	1468
1982	103	240	269	273	211	179	580	2	3	-	-	1860
1983	98	237	274	253	185	154	397	1	-	-	-	1599
1984	64	222	266	234	158	122	399	-	8	-	-	1473
1985	84	233	240	215	177	149	428	4	4	-	-	1534
1986	60	236	268	228	166	146	363	-	3	-	-	1470
1987	89	261	273	292	217	157	521	3	6	-	-	1819
1988	63	226	292	216	170	135	370	5	4	-	-	1481
1989	77	237	311	264	167	130	347	-	4	-	-	1537
1990	64	224	261	243	164	119	296	-	1	-	-	1372
1991	74	236	276	236	209	118	356	4	8	-	-	1517
1993	89	260	341	282	170	117	341	3	3	-	-	1606
1994	162	537	581	483	354	232	632	5	6	-	-	2992
1996	140	501	570	497	350	228	611	2	5	-	-	2904
1998	105	493	558	483	350	207	619	5	12	-	-	2832
2000	142	507	569	475	301	237	575	5	6	-	-	2817
2002	140	505	583	457	314	224	533	2	7	-	-	2765
2004	144	553	556	472	344	198	541	2	2	-	-	2812
2006	145	560	605	439	345	234	660	1	3	1518	-	4510
2008	89	394	400	315	250	160	413	-	2	-	-	2023
2010	94	401	412	320	239	167	405	1	5	-	-	2044
2012	96	368	410	331	208	147	411	2	1	-	-	1974
2014	95	461	496	436	287	214	542	1	6	-	-	2538
2016	130	550	596	452	319	206	609	2	3	-	-	2867
2018	95	472	483	384	244	176	489	4	1	-	-	2348
2021	216	886	935	679	406	287	559	49	-	4	11	4032
2022	174	743	790	565	400	243	604	-	12	-	13	3544
2024	157	745	729	504	397	246	513	-	6	-	12	3309
Total	3689	12998	14250	11693	8471	6018	16777	112	133	1522	36	75699

Values

• 6 6 or more

• 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