Release 2 of the 2024 GSS Cross-section data are now available. This updated data features questions related to religious affiliation and practice, industry and occupation, household composition, and new topical questions. We encourage users to review the documentation and consider the potential impact of the experiments and data collection approach on the survey estimates. Release 2 also reflects adjustments to some variables following a disclosure review process that was implemented to better protect GSS respondent privacy (for details, see the GSS 2024 Codebook).
Cumulative Data Set (cross-sectional samples from all years)
GSS 1972-2024 Cross-Sectional Cumulative Data (Release 2, October 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
Given recent updates, a thorough reading of the documentation is strongly advised. The GSS has made changes to the data structure to better protect GSS respondent privacy. These updates may affect how trends are analyzed over time. The GSS is using the original variable names for data that supports the most up-to-date trend analysis while creating new names for variables that were changed. Users can find more details in the GSS 2024 Codebook.
