Hours per day watching tv

tvhours

Source

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

Details

Question On the average day, about how many hours do you personally watch television?

Values

• [0] 0 hours

• [24] 24 hours

• [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/-	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C	1993, 1998
Full	1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	0 hours	1	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	no answer	20	18	24 hours	don't know	21	22	23	skipped on web	19	Total
1975	-	57	256	15	1	10	1	2	1	1	1	395	291	217	116	76	19	23	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1977	-	61	320	7	1	8	1	-	5	3	-	385	311	205	98	72	16	25	6	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	-	91	316	12	-	10	1	-	1	-	-	418	287	194	99	55	8	30	3	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	-	111	261	15	2	5	-	2	2	2	-	351	276	192	127	65	15	24	2	14	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	-	78	359	19	5	24	3	4	2	3	-	441	356	269	120	87	29	43	8	6	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	-	90	296	14	-	10	-	2	3	1	-	401	326	212	102	89	9	36	3	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1985	-	78	269	13	-	5	2	3	2	-	-	396	311	209	121	65	11	33	1	10	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	-	65	261	22	3	11	1	2	1	3	-	389	298	193	100	61	18	33	2	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1988	493	32	184	10	-	7	2	1	2	2	-	243	188	139	77	56	7	23	3	7	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	531	33	184	9	2	7	2	1	-	-	-	301	169	143	70	40	11	23	-	7	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	444	29	200	10	-	5	-	-	1	-	1	261	172	115	67	36	12	14	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	493	38	181	17	-	5	-	2	-	2	-	256	216	138	74	49	6	24	4	10	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	-	61	327	15	-	8	-	-	-	2	-	449	309	192	107	75	10	33	2	12	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1606
1994	1015	74	425	11	1	11	-	4	2	-	-	534	378	279	112	85	15	29	4	12	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	944	85	384	22	5	12	2	2	3	1	-	564	343	261	123	80	19	31	3	10	1	3	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	2904
1998	463	119	499	17	3	6	1	1	7	-	-	642	399	318	157	89	18	47	7	26	4	2	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	940	107	380	24	4	21	1	2	7	-	-	510	310	233	95	64	18	47	-	45	3	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	1857	32	200	7	2	6	-	-	-	1	-	233	170	105	76	39	6	23	2	-	1	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	2765
2004	1906	57	228	9	1	9	2	2	2	2	-	231	138	112	46	20	9	26	2	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2518	79	422	23	-	14	1	7	2	-	-	577	337	226	136	99	23	34	4	2	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	694	87	273	18	1	9	-	2	2	2	1	354	215	184	63	59	10	35	3	-	1	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	614	103	277	7	1	12	3	5	1	1	-	373	258	150	105	64	23	29	4	2	2	2	4	2	1	-	1	-	-	2044
2012	672	90	255	17	-	11	2	4	3	1	-	325	238	171	61	58	19	31	3	1	2	1	5	3	-	1	-	-	-	1974
2014	863	120	310	17	-	14	-	2	-	3	1	437	293	227	113	75	11	37	1	-	2	1	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	980	162	370	23	1	25	1	1	4	2	-	486	297	221	113	92	22	46	6	-	5	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	789	145	349	23	-	14	-	2	4	3	1	376	240	169	100	63	13	38	6	1	4	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	1329	215	390	54	1	24	-	8	9	3	1	602	463	390	215	149	23	97	12	-	17	1	7	-	1	-	1	20	-	4032
2022	1168	241	427	57	1	37	2	1	13	-	1	523	361	282	145	125	26	74	8	3	12	3	10	12	-	2	-	9	1	3544
2024	1126	198	389	40	-	28	3	7	5	2	-	496	343	284	143	97	23	65	2	4	10	3	12	10	1	1	-	17	-	3309
Total	19839	2738	8992	547	35	368	31	69	84	40	7	11949	8293	6030	3081	2084	449	1053	104	196	85	28	65	77	6	8	2	46	1	66307

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