Number words correct in vocabulary test

wordsum

Source

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

Details

Question We would like to know something about how people go about guessing words they do not know. On this card are listed some words–you may know some of them, and you may not know quite a few of them. On each line the first word is in capital letters – like BEAST. Then there are five other words. Tell me the number of the word that comes closest to the meaning of the word in capital letters. For example, if the word in capital letters is BEAST, you would say "4" since "animal" come closer to BEAST than any of the other words. If you wish, I will read the words to you. These words are difficult for almost everyone – just give me your best guess if you are not sure of the answer. CIRCLE ONE CODE NUMBER FOR EACH ITEM BELOW. K. Total number of correct words.

Values

[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, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024
A/B/C	1998, 2000, 2004, 2006
Full	1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	0	1	10	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	don't know	not available in this year	no answer	Total
1974	-	10	21	112	53	96	160	260	282	196	147	112	35	-	-	1484
1976	-	6	28	109	38	114	159	229	283	209	133	127	64	-	-	1499
1978	-	10	37	107	48	109	164	226	307	229	141	108	46	-	-	1532
1982	-	17	37	86	87	135	192	301	342	260	140	131	132	-	-	1860
1984	-	11	25	90	53	86	158	227	259	217	153	117	77	-	-	1473
1987	-	24	38	85	54	144	209	257	370	219	151	118	150	-	-	1819
1988	493	6	21	46	39	59	90	166	211	137	79	58	76	-	-	1481
1989	531	14	21	51	43	52	95	145	219	147	113	71	35	-	-	1537
1990	444	5	16	63	27	55	86	124	168	143	96	70	75	-	-	1372
1991	493	1	18	55	38	44	98	158	206	170	88	85	63	-	-	1517
1993	526	4	33	50	38	59	114	143	227	157	113	90	52	-	-	1606
1994	1015	7	35	113	43	96	181	309	415	304	196	152	126	-	-	2992
1996	944	10	29	95	68	103	186	310	416	296	212	146	89	-	-	2904
1998	1445	8	18	78	32	81	113	212	316	201	136	111	81	-	-	2832
2000	1398	9	27	72	41	74	132	220	289	206	147	97	105	-	-	2817
2004	1340	20	19	74	27	54	137	219	324	270	170	125	33	-	-	2812
2006	3041	10	22	48	38	59	121	224	315	241	195	118	78	-	-	4510
2008	845	11	20	44	36	56	115	222	266	196	113	81	18	-	-	2023
2010	614	4	22	67	53	79	138	213	337	211	151	112	43	-	-	2044
2012	672	10	20	55	45	69	142	215	306	193	137	86	24	-	-	1974
2014	863	5	34	53	46	90	153	277	400	284	195	118	20	-	-	2538
2016	979	12	20	63	44	100	174	356	414	339	226	115	25	-	-	2867
2018	789	14	26	52	45	100	151	272	338	266	191	92	12	-	-	2348
2022	1168	13	48	146	74	111	193	305	425	358	347	281	-	-	75	3544
2024	1126	15	50	113	55	133	178	278	380	330	333	293	-	-	25	3309
Total	18726	256	685	1927	1165	2158	3639	5868	7815	5779	4103	3014	1459	0	100	56694