spklang
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 739e. How well do you speak that language?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | no answer | not well | poorly/hardly at all | very well | well | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2450 | 13 | 92 | 40 | 137 | 85 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3837 | 2 | 197 | 75 | 272 | 127 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1470 | 6 | 160 | 63 | 214 | 110 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1508 | 3 | 141 | 57 | 206 | 129 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1397 | 7 | 144 | 73 | 217 | 136 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1789 | 8 | 189 | 74 | 290 | 187 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2045 | 11 | 203 | 105 | 296 | 207 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1625 | 4 | 192 | 86 | 260 | 181 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2810 | 146 | 305 | 45 | 441 | 275 | - | 10 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2546 | 62 | 207 | 54 | 439 | 233 | 1 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 65170 | 262 | 1830 | 672 | 2772 | 1670 | 2 | 12 | 72390 |
1 very well
2 well
3 not well
4 poorly/hardly at all
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