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GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3b


Other Respondent Background Variables

cohortyear of birth
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1651. Birth cohort of respondent.
Total Cases: 68,846 (Range of valid codes: 1,883-9,999)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
marcohrtyear of first marriage
Text of this Question or Item
1652. Marriage cohort of the respondent.
Total Cases: 68,846 (Range of valid codes: 1,900-1,994)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
zodiacrespondents astrological sign
Text of this Question or Item
654. ASTROLOGICAL SIGN OF RESPONDENT
Cells contain:
-Valid row pct.
-N of cases
zodiac
1
aries
2
taurus
3
gemini
4
cancer
5
leo
6
virgo
7
libra
8
scorpio
9
sagittarius
10
capricorn
11
aquarius
12
pisces
.d
don't know
.i
iap
.n
no answer
ROW
TOTAL
year 1972 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,613
-
0
-
1,613
1973 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,504
-
0
-
1,504
1974 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,484
-
0
-
1,484
1975 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,490
-
0
-
1,490
1976 9.0
134
7.7
114
8.3
123
8.7
130
8.2
122
10.0
149
9.6
143
7.5
111
7.3
109
7.5
112
8.3
123
8.0
119
-
0
-
0
-
10
100.0
1,499
1977 8.2
125
7.6
115
8.7
132
8.0
122
8.8
134
8.2
124
10.1
153
8.2
125
7.6
115
7.5
114
8.0
121
9.3
141
-
3
-
0
-
6
100.0
1,530
1978 8.4
127
7.7
117
8.6
130
9.3
141
7.5
114
9.3
141
9.5
144
8.2
124
8.3
126
7.3
111
8.3
126
7.3
111
-
0
-
0
-
20
100.0
1,532
1980 9.8
144
7.3
107
7.6
111
8.3
121
8.8
129
9.1
133
8.8
128
7.5
109
7.7
113
7.9
115
8.8
129
8.4
123
-
0
-
0
-
6
100.0
1,468
1982 7.2
132
8.6
158
8.2
151
8.2
152
9.4
173
8.8
163
8.1
149
7.5
138
9.1
167
8.4
154
9.8
180
6.8
126
-
0
-
0
-
17
100.0
1,860
1983 7.9
126
7.3
115
8.7
138
7.5
119
9.1
145
10.3
164
8.8
139
9.7
153
7.9
125
7.4
118
6.9
109
8.5
134
-
0
-
0
-
14
100.0
1,599
1984 7.7
113
7.9
115
9.4
137
8.3
121
8.3
122
9.1
133
9.8
144
7.8
114
7.9
116
9.0
131
6.4
93
8.4
123
-
0
-
0
-
11
100.0
1,473
1985 7.7
118
7.1
109
8.9
136
9.0
138
9.7
149
8.6
132
8.2
125
7.7
117
8.2
126
8.4
129
7.8
119
8.6
131
-
0
-
0
-
5
100.0
1,534
1986 9.0
131
8.2
120
8.2
120
7.9
115
9.4
138
9.3
136
7.0
103
8.1
119
8.3
122
6.7
98
8.6
126
9.2
134
-
1
-
0
-
7
100.0
1,470
1987 9.2
166
7.1
128
8.8
159
8.5
153
8.2
147
9.5
171
9.1
164
7.3
131
7.9
143
8.1
145
7.9
143
8.3
150
-
0
-
0
-
19
100.0
1,819
1988 8.3
122
8.9
130
8.7
127
8.1
119
10.0
146
8.2
121
9.1
134
7.0
103
7.6
112
7.6
112
7.3
107
9.1
134
-
0
-
0
-
14
100.0
1,481
1989 7.9
118
8.9
134
8.6
129
8.2
123
8.5
127
8.8
132
8.4
126
7.0
105
7.7
115
7.7
115
8.7
130
9.7
146
-
0
-
0
-
37
100.0
1,537
1990 8.1
110
6.9
94
8.3
113
9.1
124
9.3
126
8.5
116
7.9
107
8.8
120
7.6
103
7.7
105
8.5
115
9.3
126
-
0
-
0
-
13
100.0
1,372
1991 7.5
112
8.3
124
8.7
131
8.0
120
8.0
120
9.1
137
7.7
116
8.1
122
8.7
131
8.7
130
9.0
135
8.1
121
-
1
-
0
-
17
100.0
1,517
1993 8.7
139
6.7
107
8.9
142
9.5
151
9.6
153
8.5
135
7.3
116
7.7
122
8.0
128
7.5
119
7.8
124
9.8
156
-
0
-
0
-
14
100.0
1,606
1994 6.9
205
8.2
243
8.3
248
9.2
272
9.2
273
8.4
249
8.9
265
7.2
215
8.2
243
8.5
253
8.3
248
8.7
257
-
0
-
0
-
21
100.0
2,992
1996 7.5
215
8.0
229
9.2
264
9.1
260
8.6
245
8.7
250
8.9
254
8.2
235
7.5
216
7.8
222
9.0
257
7.5
216
-
0
-
0
-
41
100.0
2,904
1998 8.1
225
8.0
222
8.7
241
8.6
240
9.4
260
9.0
250
8.7
243
7.7
214
7.2
200
7.8
216
8.1
224
8.8
244
-
0
-
0
-
53
100.0
2,832
2000 8.0
221
7.9
217
8.4
230
9.0
247
9.0
246
9.0
246
9.4
257
7.5
207
7.6
208
8.4
232
8.0
220
7.9
217
-
1
-
0
-
68
100.0
2,817
2002 8.0
215
7.6
204
8.4
226
8.7
233
9.1
245
8.8
235
9.2
247
7.5
202
8.0
216
7.8
210
7.8
210
9.0
241
-
16
-
0
-
65
100.0
2,765
2004 8.6
232
8.6
232
9.6
259
8.9
240
9.1
247
8.6
233
9.4
255
7.6
205
7.8
212
7.1
193
7.6
205
7.2
195
-
6
-
0
-
98
100.0
2,812
2006 7.8
340
8.4
364
8.9
388
8.6
375
8.9
387
9.0
393
8.8
383
7.4
322
7.4
321
8.3
362
8.2
356
8.3
362
-
0
-
0
-
157
100.0
4,510
2008 8.4
164
7.8
152
8.1
159
8.5
167
8.0
157
10.3
201
8.9
175
7.5
147
7.5
147
7.7
151
8.3
163
9.0
177
-
0
-
0
-
63
100.0
2,023
2010 8.3
165
8.3
165
8.0
159
8.5
170
7.8
155
9.6
191
9.2
183
7.6
152
7.4
147
8.8
175
8.3
165
8.4
168
-
0
-
0
-
49
100.0
2,044
2012 7.6
145
8.5
162
8.5
163
7.7
148
9.7
186
8.4
161
9.3
178
7.7
147
7.6
145
7.9
151
8.9
170
8.2
157
-
0
-
0
-
61
100.0
1,974
2014 8.5
205
7.2
174
8.7
208
7.8
188
9.5
227
9.5
227
8.8
212
8.7
210
8.2
198
7.6
182
7.2
173
8.2
198
-
5
-
0
-
131
100.0
2,538
2016 8.1
225
8.6
240
8.1
224
9.2
257
8.4
235
9.8
274
8.2
227
7.9
219
7.7
214
7.1
197
8.5
236
8.4
234
-
5
-
0
-
80
100.0
2,867
2018 7.1
161
7.2
164
9.0
204
9.2
208
9.3
212
8.5
194
9.3
212
8.5
193
8.5
194
7.4
169
7.4
167
8.5
193
-
11
-
0
-
66
100.0
2,348
2021 6.4
237
7.6
281
6.9
253
7.3
270
8.3
305
8.9
327
8.7
319
9.4
346
9.2
339
10.6
390
9.0
330
7.6
279
-
0
-
356
-
0
100.0
4,032
COL TOTAL 8.0
4,872
7.9
4,836
8.5
5,205
8.5
5,224
8.9
5,425
9.0
5,518
8.8
5,401
7.9
4,827
7.9
4,851
8.0
4,911
8.2
5,004
8.4
5,113
-
49
-
6,447
-
1,163
100.0
68,846
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z

PERSONAL AND FAMILY INFORMATION

Marital Status

maritalmarital status
Text of this Question or Item
4. Are you currently -- married, widowed, divorced, separated, 
or have you never been married?
Cells contain:
-Valid row pct.
-N of cases
marital
1
married
2
widowed
3
divorced
4
separated
5
never married
.d
don't know
.n
no answer
.s
skipped on web
ROW
TOTAL
year 1972 71.9
1,160
8.6
139
4.0
65
2.4
39
13.0
210
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,613
1973 71.5
1,076
8.2
123
4.0
60
3.5
52
12.8
193
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,504
1974 71.8
1,065
8.2
121
5.1
76
2.6
38
12.4
184
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,484
1975 67.2
1,002
9.7
144
5.6
84
3.3
49
14.2
211
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,490
1976 65.0
974
11.3
169
6.5
98
3.4
51
13.8
207
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,499
1977 63.7
975
10.8
165
6.7
103
4.1
62
14.7
225
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,530
1978 62.7
960
10.0
153
8.8
134
3.1
47
15.5
237
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
1,532
1980 60.6
889
11.2
164
8.5
125
3.3
48
16.5
242
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,468
1982 53.4
993
11.9
222
10.9
203
4.9
91
18.9
351
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,860
1983 60.4
965
10.1
162
9.9
159
3.0
48
16.6
265
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,599
1984 56.3
829
10.5
154
11.3
166
2.9
42
19.1
282
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,473
1985 56.8
871
10.5
161
11.0
169
4.2
65
17.5
268
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,534
1986 56.2
826
11.6
170
10.1
148
4.1
60
18.1
266
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,470
1987 50.3
915
11.9
217
12.2
222
4.6
84
20.9
380
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
1,819
1988 53.2
788
10.9
161
12.6
186
3.2
48
20.1
298
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,481
1989 55.1
847
10.0
153
11.5
177
3.8
59
19.6
301
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,537
1990 53.0
727
12.5
171
12.5
171
2.7
37
19.3
265
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
1,372
1991 53.0
804
11.1
168
11.5
175
3.0
45
21.4
325
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,517
1993 53.5
859
10.7
172
14.3
230
2.7
44
18.7
300
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
1,606
1994 51.5
1,541
9.6
288
14.9
446
3.4
102
20.5
614
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,992
1996 47.9
1,390
9.7
282
15.7
455
4.1
118
22.7
658
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,904
1998 47.5
1,346
10.0
283
15.8
446
3.3
93
23.4
663
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,832
2000 45.4
1,278
9.7
273
15.7
441
4.0
112
25.3
712
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,817
2002 45.9
1,269
8.9
247
16.1
445
3.5
96
25.6
708
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
2,765
2004 52.6
1,479
7.3
204
14.8
415
3.4
95
22.0
619
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
2,812
2006 48.2
2,170
8.1
366
16.3
732
3.5
156
24.0
1,080
-
0
-
6
-
0
100.0
4,510
2008 48.2
972
8.1
164
13.9
281
3.5
70
26.3
531
-
0
-
5
-
0
100.0
2,023
2010 43.6
891
8.9
181
16.7
341
3.2
65
27.7
565
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,044
2012 45.6
900
8.3
163
16.1
317
3.4
68
26.6
526
-
0
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,974
2014 45.7
1,158
8.2
209
16.2
411
3.2
81
26.6
675
-
0
-
4
-
0
100.0
2,538
2016 42.3
1,212
8.8
251
17.3
495
3.6
102
28.1
806
-
0
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,867
2018 42.5
998
8.5
200
17.2
403
3.2
75
28.6
670
-
0
-
2
-
0
100.0
2,348
2021 49.7
1,999
7.5
301
16.3
655
2.4
96
24.2
972
-
1
-
1
-
7
100.0
4,032
COL TOTAL 52.5
36,128
9.4
6,501
13.1
9,034
3.4
2,338
21.5
14,809
-
1
-
28
-
7
100.0
68,846
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
agewedage when first married
Text of this Question or Item
4a. If ever married: How old were you when you first married?
Total Cases: 68,846 (Range of valid codes: 12-90)
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
divorceever been divorced or separated
Text of this Question or Item
4b. If currently married or widowed: Have you ever been divorced 
or legally separated?
Cells contain:
-Valid row pct.
-N of cases
divorce
1
yes
2
no
.d
don't know
.i
iap
.n
no answer
.s
skipped on web
ROW
TOTAL
year 1972 14.5
183
85.5
1,078
-
0
-
314
-
38
-
0
100.0
1,613
1973 13.2
158
86.8
1,035
-
0
-
305
-
6
-
0
100.0
1,504
1974 14.1
166
85.9
1,015
-
0
-
298
-
5
-
0
100.0
1,484
1975 15.2
174
84.8
969
-
0
-
344
-
3
-
0
100.0
1,490
1976 13.7
155
86.3
978
-
0
-
356
-
10
-
0
100.0
1,499
1977 15.9
179
84.1
947
-
0
-
390
-
14
-
0
100.0
1,530
1978 16.2
180
83.8
928
-
0
-
418
-
6
-
0
100.0
1,532
1980 16.2
169
83.8
872
-
0
-
415
-
12
-
0
100.0
1,468
1982 18.9
228
81.1
980
-
0
-
645
-
7
-
0
100.0
1,860
1983 16.5
185
83.5
938
-
0
-
472
-
4
-
0
100.0
1,599
1984 17.1
167
82.9
809
-
0
-
490
-
7
-
0
100.0
1,473
1985 18.4
189
81.6
837
-
0
-
502
-
6
-
0
100.0
1,534
1986 18.8
186
81.2
806
-
0
-
474
-
4
-
0
100.0
1,470
1987 19.0
214
81.0
910
-
0
-
686
-
9
-
0
100.0
1,819
1988 19.3
182
80.7
761
-
0
-
532
-
6
-
0
100.0
1,481
1989 18.7
186
81.3
809
-
0
-
537
-
5
-
0
100.0
1,537
1990 21.7
194
78.3
700
-
0
-
472
-
6
-
0
100.0
1,372
1991 20.7
200
79.3
768
-
0
-
545
-
4
-
0
100.0
1,517
1993 20.8
213
79.2
812
-
0
-
574
-
7
-
0
100.0
1,606
1994 23.2
422
76.8
1,398
-
1
-
1,163
-
8
-
0
100.0
2,992
1996 23.5
389
76.5
1,269
-
1
-
1,230
-
15
-
0
100.0
2,904
1998 22.8
366
77.2
1,242
-
0
-
1,202
-
22
-
0
100.0
2,832
2000 23.3
357
76.7
1,172
-
0
-
1,265
-
23
-
0
100.0
2,817
2002 23.8
361
76.2
1,155
-
0
-
1,249
-
0
-
0
100.0
2,765
2004 23.9
402
76.1
1,278
-
0
-
1,129
-
3
-
0
100.0
2,812
2006 26.2
665
73.8
1,870
-
1
-
1,968
-
6
-
0
100.0
4,510
2008 24.4
277
75.6
859
-
0
-
882
-
5
-
0
100.0
2,023
2010 24.1
258
75.9
813
-
0
-
971
-
2
-
0
100.0
2,044
2012 24.8
263
75.2
799
-
0
-
911
-
1
-
0
100.0
1,974
2014 25.3
346
74.7
1,019
-
0
-
1,167
-
6
-
0
100.0
2,538
2016 25.7
374
74.3
1,084
-
0
-
1,403
-
6
-
0
100.0
2,867
2018 25.0
298
75.0
896
-
0
-
1,148
-
6
-
0
100.0
2,348
2021 26.3
605
73.7
1,695
-
0
-
1,722
-
1
-
9
100.0
4,032
COL TOTAL 21.0
8,891
79.0
33,501
-
3
-
26,179
-
263
-
9
100.0
68,846
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
widowedever been widowed
Text of this Question or Item
4c. if currently married, separated, or divorced: Have you ever 
been widowed?
Cells contain:
-Valid row pct.
-N of cases
widowed
1
yes
2
no
.d
don't know
.i
iap
.n
no answer
.s
skipped on web
ROW
TOTAL
year 1972 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,613
-
0
-
0
-
1,613
1973 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,504
-
0
-
0
-
1,504
1974 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,484
-
0
-
0
-
1,484
1975 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,490
-
0
-
0
-
1,490
1976 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,499
-
0
-
0
-
1,499
1977 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,530
-
0
-
0
-
1,530
1978 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,532
-
0
-
0
-
1,532
1980 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,468
-
0
-
0
-
1,468
1982 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,860
-
0
-
0
-
1,860
1983 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,599
-
0
-
0
-
1,599
1984 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,473
-
0
-
0
-
1,473
1985 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,534
-
0
-
0
-
1,534
1986 -
0
-
0
-
0
-
1,470
-
0
-
0
-
1,470
1987 4.1
50
95.9
1,157
-
0
-
597
-
15
-
0
100.0
1,819
1988 3.2
32
96.8
963
-
0
-
459
-
27
-
0
100.0
1,481
1989 3.5
37
96.5
1,034
-
0
-
454
-
12
-
0
100.0
1,537
1990 2.9
26
97.1
885
-
0
-
436
-
25
-
0
100.0
1,372
1991 3.1
31
96.9
971
-
0
-
492
-
23
-
0
100.0
1,517
1993 3.6
40
96.4
1,075
-
0
-
472
-
19
-
0
100.0
1,606
1994 3.5
72
96.5
1,958
-
1
-
903
-
58
-
0
100.0
2,992
1996 3.9
73
96.1
1,782
-
2
-
938
-
109
-
0
100.0
2,904
1998 4.4
77
95.6
1,672
-
0
-
947
-
136
-
0
100.0
2,832
2000 3.1
53
96.9
1,659
-
1
-
985
-
119
-
0
100.0
2,817
2002 3.1
56
96.9
1,754
-
0
-
955
-
0
-
0
100.0
2,765
2004 2.4
47
97.6
1,938
-
0
-
822
-
5
-
0
100.0
2,812
2006 2.6
80
97.4
2,975
-
1
-
1,446
-
8
-
0
100.0
4,510
2008 2.6
34
97.4
1,289
-
0
-
695
-
5
-
0
100.0
2,023
2010 2.9
38
97.1
1,259
-
0
-
746
-
1
-
0
100.0
2,044
2012 3.3
42
96.7
1,243
-
0
-
689
-
0
-
0
100.0
1,974
2014 2.4
39
97.6
1,609
-
0
-
884
-
6
-
0
100.0
2,538
2016 2.9
52
97.1
1,754
-
0
-
1,057
-
4
-
0
100.0
2,867
2018 2.9
42
97.1
1,431
-
0
-
870
-
5
-
0
100.0
2,348
2021 1.7
48
98.3
2,704
-
0
-
1,273
-
1
-
6
100.0
4,032
COL TOTAL 3.0
969
97.0
31,112
-
5
-
36,176
-
578
-
6
100.0
68,846
Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: .d,.i,.j,.m,.n,.p,.q,.r,.s,.u,.x,.y,.z
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