The 2024 GSS Cross-section data are now available. This data features questions related to the 2024 election, perceptions of national identity, how we navigate today’s digital society, and mental health stigma. We encourage users to review the documentation and consider the potential impact of the experiments and data collection approach on the survey estimates.
STATA
The GSS 1972-2024 cumulative data file is available now. Please read through the documentation carefully for important changes in 2024.
Cumulative Data Set (cross-sectional samples from all years)
GSS 1972-2024 Cross-Sectional Cumulative Data (Release 1, May 2025)
The cumulative data file is also available via SDA, The Roper Center, ICPSR, and the GSS Data Explorer.
Merged Single-Year Data Sets (cross-sectional and all panels)
Panel Data Sets
GSS 2016-2020 Panel (Release 1a, April 2022)
GSS Panel 2010-Sample Wave 3 (Release 6, March 2018)
GSS Panel 2008-Sample Wave 3 (Release 6, March 2018)
GSS Panel 2006-Sample Wave 3 (Release 6, March 2018)
Many researchers will find the "long" format easier to work with. Here is a Stata do file to convert the "wide" data we provide to "long" format. We thank Jeremy Freese for the do file. Please note this do file works with the panel data released in 2018 only.
Other
Paradata for the GSS 2022 is only available in SAS. Stata Paradata will be updated here when it is available.
Because of the potential for deductive disclosure, in order to obtain more restricted information, researchers need to complete a formal application to work with the GSS sensitive data. Please refer to “Obtaining GSS Sensitive Data Files”.
Alerts
Key missing values to know are:
- .i : Inapplicable
- .n : No answer
- .d : Don't know
- .s : Skipped on web
- .r : Refusal
- .x : Not available in this release
- .y : Not available in this year
The 2024 GSS Codebook contains description of other, less common missing values.
