General Social Survey |This article does not cite any references
or sources. (May 2010)| The General Social Survey (GSS) is a
sociological survey used to collect data on demographic
characteristics and attitudes of residents of the United States.
The survey is conducted face-to-face with an in-person interview
by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of
Chicago, of a randomly selected sample of adults (18+) who are
not institutionalized. The survey was conducted every year from
1972 to 1994 (except in 1979, 1981, and 1992). Since 1994, it
has been conducted every other year. The survey takes about 90
minutes to administer. As of 2010 28 national samples with
55,087 respondents and 5,417 variables had been collected. The
data collected about this survey includes both demographic
information and respondent's opinions on matters ranging from
government spending to the state of race relations to the
existence and nature of God. Because of the wide range of topics
covered, and the comprehensive ga