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Release 3 of the 2024 GSS Cross-section data are
now available
. This updated data features questions related to household pets, credit history, social networks, importance of cultural values, and interviewer characteristics and observations. We encourage users to review the
documentation
and consider the potential impact of the experiments and data collection approach on the survey estimates. In addition, additional completes obtained from the AmeriSpeak Panel are available in the 2024 single-year data file increasing the number of Black, Hispanic, and AANHPI respondents.
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The 2024 GSS Cross-section continues the multi-mode design and several other new features. We encourage users review the documents below before they perform any analysis.
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You can download the GSS data also from the
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Announcements
The 2024 General Social Survey (GSS) cross-sectional data, along with the cumulative cross-sectional file, is now available in SAS, Stata, and SPSS formats.
May 22, 2025
​The 2022 cross-sectional data, along with the cumulative cross-sectional file for the General Social Survey (GSS), is now available in SAS and Stata formats.
May 17, 2023
GSS partnered with ANES to reinterview participants in the GSS 2016-2020 panel a third time, after the 2020 election. That interview consisted of the ANES post-election questions. The GSS dataset is available as part of the GSS 2016-2020 Panel (release 1a, April 2022). Users can visit electionstudies.org for ANES data.
April 18, 2022
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GSS data may be obtained in several ways. Besides accessing GSS data from this site, GSS data may be downloaded online from the
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​​​​​The GSS was first conducted in 1972. Until 1994, it was conducted almost annually (due to funding limitations, there were no GSSs in 1979, 1981, or 1992). Since 1994, the GSS has been conducted in even numbered years.
​​​​GSS data are archived about six months after data collection is completed.
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