Death of spouse

spdeath

Source

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

Details

Question 275e. Death of spouse.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	died 1-5 yrs ago	died 6+ yrs ago	died last year	no answer	no death reported	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	237	41	115	18	19	1102	1532
1980	242	45	109	22	13	1037	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	265	41	123	15	20	1135	1599
1984	282	54	101	17	18	1001	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	266	44	129	18	4	1009	1470
1987	380	54	152	36	18	1179	1819
1988	675	20	80	17	7	682	1481
1989	710	33	67	16	7	704	1537
1990	650	20	86	13	7	596	1372
1991	710	39	79	6	10	673	1517
1993	736	31	86	13	14	726	1606
1994	2585	14	36	2	5	350	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	3544	-	-	-	-	-	3544
Total	60262	436	1163	193	142	10194	72390

Values

• 0 no death reported

• 1 died 6+ yrs ago

• 2 died 1-5 yrs ago

• 3 died last year

• 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(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