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ballot	Ballot used for interview
id	Respondent id number
year	Gss year for this respondent

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Marital status of 3rd person

Variable: mar3

Module:

Household Members and Structure

Subject:

Family

Household

Survey Questions

Questions associated with this variable:

Please tell me the names of the people who usually live in this household. Let's start with the head of the household. [LIST ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.]
Have we forgotten anyone: such as babies or small children; roomers; people who usually live here, but are away temporarily--on business trips, vacations, at school, temporarily in a hospital, and so on? [LIST ADDITIONAL PERSONS ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.]
Are there any people currently staying here--visitors, friends or relatives--do not usually live here? [LIST VISITORS ON LINES 11-14 BELOW.]
A. What is that [PERSON'S] relationship to the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD?
B. Code sex. [ASK IF NOT OBVIOUS].
C. How old was [HEAD/PERSON] on (his/her) last birthday?
D. IF 13 YRS OR OLDER ASK: Is [PERSON] now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or has (he/she) never been married?
E. Are any of the people we have listed staying somewhere else right now? If yes, who is staying somewhere else right now?
F. Where is [PERSON] staying right now? Is [PERSON] staying at another household;
Is (he/she) traveling; Is (he/she) in some institution or dormitory--like at college or in a hospital or something; or what?
4. Marital status of third person

Year Availability

Available in 29 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.

Summary by Year

Showing All Years

Code	Label
1	Married
2	Widowed
3	Divorced
4	Separated
5	Never married
8	Don't know
9	No answer
0	Not applicable

1975	1976	1977	1978	1980	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1993	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018
13	6	13	20	13	17	20	12	12	17	18	9	16	16	21	19	35	46	43	33	63	39	53	24	34	25	45	43	38
16	8	16	15	9	22	14	10	11	18	20	7	7	5	7	10	17	10	7	16	11	14	32	10	6	11	12	14	14
20	9	9	13	18	13	13	13	10	17	17	10	13	13	10	13	23	26	13	23	13	23	33	17	18	22	18	30	22
7	6	6	7	5	5	6	5	5	9	11	8	9	6	8	10	16	9	8	12	9	22	32	14	12	13	13	24	30
427	156	422	377	309	421	346	334	323	329	434	285	324	220	265	315	526	488	524	471	416	512	876	427	350	350	475	505	407
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	10	4	8	7	20	12	14
5	5	20	28	23	27	42	20	22	21	36	24	25	34	37	9	38	69	44	30	32	6	4	5	5	4	6	10	6
1001	1309	1044	1072	1091	1355	1158	1079	1151	1059	1283	1138	1143	1078	1169	1230	2336	2256	2193	2232	2221	2188	3470	1522	1611	1542	1949	2229	1817

Summary Statistics

Valid cases	13054
Missing cases	49412

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