Felt in touch with deceased person

spirits

Source

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

Details

Question How often have you had any of the following experiences? READ EACH ITEM AND CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH. D. Felt as though you were really in touch with someone who had died.

Values

[1] never in my life
[2] once or twice
[3] several times
[4] often
[8] cannot answer
[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

ballots	years
A/B/-	1989
A/B/C	1988, 1991
Full	1984

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	never in my life	once or twice	several times	often	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1984	-	834	337	200	74	9	19	-	1473
1988	-	877	353	148	81	18	4	-	1481
1989	531	638	228	82	43	10	5	-	1537
1991	158	708	283	135	47	165	21	-	1517
Total	689	3057	1201	565	245	202	49	0	6008