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Details
Question 227. Do you think a person has the right to end his or her own life if this person: d. Is tired of living and ready to die?
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 27 | 1294 | 7 | 202 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 20 | 1330 | 1 | 181 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 58 | 1551 | 12 | 239 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 41 | 1317 | 9 | 232 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 35 | 1304 | 4 | 191 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 20 | 1226 | 4 | 220 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 26 | 834 | 8 | 120 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 21 | 846 | 5 | 134 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 38 | 754 | 3 | 133 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 27 | 865 | 3 | 129 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 38 | 871 | 4 | 167 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 59 | 1558 | 11 | 349 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 57 | 1556 | 6 | 341 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 72 | 1493 | 5 | 301 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 69 | 1494 | 7 | 307 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 13 | 759 | - | 136 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 16 | 729 | 4 | 157 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 37 | 1631 | 6 | 318 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | 29 | 1071 | 6 | 223 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 35 | 1130 | 6 | 259 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 37 | 1016 | 9 | 240 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 33 | 1306 | 6 | 330 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 33 | 1470 | 12 | 373 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 26 | 1192 | 11 | 330 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2556 | 237 | 979 | 4 | 252 | 4 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2373 | 20 | 845 | 3 | 296 | 7 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1795 | 58 | 1092 | 4 | 347 | 13 | 3309 |
| Total | 36313 | 1182 | 31513 | 160 | 6507 | 24 | 75699 |