GSS year for this respondent
Years 2000-21
Years 2010 & more recent
Age (categorical)
Generation
respondents sex
race of respondent
Hispanic ancestry
Asian ancestry
Black (Race self identified)
Race-Ethnicity
was r born in this country
R's Highest Degree (Simplified)
marital status
ever been divorced or separated
Number of Children (Simplified)
Family Income (Categorical)
region of interview
Religious Denomication (Simplified)
how fundamentalist is r currently
Church Attendance (Simplified)
strength of affiliation
membership in church group
Party ID (Simplified)
Ideology (Simplified)
afraid to walk at night in neighborhood
courts dealing with criminals (reduced)
favor or oppose death penalty for murder
halting rising crime rate
law enforcement:version y
ever approve of police striking citizen
citizen said vulgar or obscene things
citizen attempting to escape custody
convicted of crime ever
r ever inject drugs
should marijuana be made legal
Favor preference in hiring blacks (Reduced)
Should govt aid blacks (Reduced)
Blacks overcome prejudice without favors (Reduced)
Whites hurt by aff. action (Reduced)
differences due to discrimination
differences due to in-born learning ability
differences due to lack of education
differences due to lack of will
rich - poor
allow racist to speak
allow racist to teach
allow racists book in library
allow homosexual to teach
any opp. race in neighborhood
should govt reduce income differences (reduced)
general happiness
Days of poor mental health past 30 days (Categorical)
told have depression
how often does r find work stressful (reduced)
dealing with drug addiction
r use computer
r uses home internet through mobile device
Email minutes per week (Categorical)
r use www other than email
WWW hours per week (Categorical)
main source of information about events in the news
strong chance of serious defect
married--wants no more children
woman's health seriously endangered
low income--cant afford more children
pregnant as result of rape
not married
abortion if woman wants for any reason
improving & protecting environment
improving & protecting nations health
solving problems of big cities
improving nations education system
improving the conditions of blacks
military, armaments, and defense
foreign aid
welfare
social security
confid in banks & financial institutions
confidence in major companies
confidence in organized religion
confidence in education
confid. in exec branch of fed govt
confidence in organized labor
confidence in press
confidence in medicine
confidence in television
confid. in united states supreme court
confidence in scientific community
confidence in congress
confidence in military
sex education in public schools
expect u.s. in world war in 10 years
r's federal income tax
sex before marriage:teens 14-16