teens
Details
Question Household Size and Composition (see Appendix D: Recodes, for information about these variables). C. NUMBER OF MEMBERS 13 TO 17 YEARS OLD: As of 2024, TEENS has been recoded to only account for 0 to 2+ teenagers in the household. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of TEENS. The original TEENS containing data from 1972 to 2022 has been renamed TEENS_7222.
Values
[0]0[1]1[2]2 or more[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/- | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for teens.
Counts by year:
| year | 0 | 1 | 2 or more | no answer | skipped on web | iap | Total |
| 1972 | 1182 | 256 | 175 | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1156 | 220 | 128 | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1112 | 215 | 155 | 2 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1152 | 207 | 131 | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1189 | 182 | 126 | 2 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1190 | 190 | 142 | 8 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1204 | 200 | 120 | 8 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1208 | 164 | 86 | 10 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1535 | 215 | 107 | 3 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1301 | 210 | 84 | 4 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1220 | 169 | 82 | 2 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1286 | 170 | 75 | 3 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1209 | 186 | 70 | 5 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1489 | 227 | 101 | 2 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1252 | 168 | 55 | 6 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1254 | 210 | 58 | 15 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1191 | 128 | 46 | 7 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1315 | 146 | 52 | 4 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1377 | 173 | 56 | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2567 | 326 | 98 | 1 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2492 | 306 | 106 | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2414 | 321 | 96 | 1 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2360 | 316 | 98 | 43 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2437 | 230 | 68 | 30 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2427 | 256 | 113 | 16 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3835 | 470 | 173 | 32 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1711 | 207 | 75 | 30 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1794 | 170 | 75 | 5 | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1713 | 185 | 56 | 20 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2250 | 197 | 78 | 13 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2520 | 237 | 93 | 17 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2074 | 186 | 64 | 24 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3622 | 293 | 114 | - | 3 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1601 | 108 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 1764 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1493 | 124 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 1630 | 3309 |
| Total | 61132 | 7568 | 3274 | 322 | 9 | 3394 | 75699 |