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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 731. Now in this section, I will ask you some questions about the end of life. Have you or any close friend or family members been faced with a terminal or life-threatening illness?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | self and one | two or more | yes friend | yes immed reltve | yes myself | yes othr relatve | 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 | 1445 | 14 | 459 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 100 | 324 | 71 | 370 | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71003 | 14 | 459 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 100 | 324 | 71 | 370 | 72390 |
1 yes myself
2 yes friend
3 yes immed reltve
4 yes othr relatve
5 no
6 self and one
7 two 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(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