R's relationship to closest suicide

suiwho

Source

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

Details

Question Think about the person you knew best that has committed suicide. Please tell me the letter of the category on the card which best describes your relationship to that person.

Values

[1] husband or wife
[2] partner or lover
[3] son or daughter
[4] other relative
[5] friend
[6] neighbor
[7] co-worker
[8] acquaintance
[9] patient
[10] other
[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/C	1990, 1991

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	son or daughter	other relative	friend	neighbor	co-worker	acquaintance	other	no answer	partner or lover	patient	not available in this year	Total
1990	1238	1	18	45	9	10	43	6	2	-	-	-	1372
1991	1344	-	24	62	10	15	46	5	4	2	5	-	1517
Total	2582	1	42	107	19	25	89	11	6	2	5	0	2889