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.
SPSS
The GSS 1972-2024 cumulative data file is available now. Please read through the documentation carefully for important changes in 2024
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The SPSS versions of the GSS cumulative and cross-sectional data files are now available! The return of the SPSS version comes with a major change in how missing values are implemented compared to historical versions. Similar to the GSS Data Explorer, the SPSS version makes use of negative values (e.g., -100, -99, -98) to denote the full range of missing values currently utilized by the GSS. These missing values are standardized across variables unlike the historical SPSS versions. Additional data sets that do not yet have an SPSS version (e.g., 2016-2020 GSS panel) will be available in the future.
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)
Other
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
The SPSS student version, which can handle up to 50 variables and 1500 cases, cannot open the GSS data files.
With the release of the 2024 cross-section data, please note that missing values have been implemented differently from previous versions to make use of the full range of missing values currently utilized by the GSS and to standardize across variables. Key missing values to know are:
- -100: Inapplicable
- -99: No answer
- -98: Don't know
- -97: Skipped on web
- -90: Refusal
- -80: Not available in this release
- -70: Not available in this year
The 2024 GSS Codebook contains description of other, less common missing values. This change does not currently apply to panel and merged data sets.
