GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

Have you ever, even once, taken any drugs by injection with a needle 
(like heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, or steroids). Do not include 
anything you took under a doctors orders.

How long has it been since you last used a needle to inject drugs?

As of 2024, IDU30 will only be available as restricted data, 
beginning with R2.

Have you ever, even once, used œcrack cocaine in chunk or rock 
form?

How long has it been since you last used œcrack cocaine in chunk 
or rock form?

Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have 
had as part of a blood donation. Include oral test (where they take a 
swab from your mouth).

Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have 
had as part of a blood donation. Include oral test (where they take a 
swab from your mouth). A. Not including blood donations, in what 
month and year was your last HIV test? 
  As of 2024, HIVTEST1 accounts for only the year in which the 
respondent tested for HIV and the variable has been slightly adjusted 
to help protect confidentiality. Please see the 2024 codebook for 
more information. The original HIVTEST1 containing data from 2006 to 
2022 has been renamed HIVTEST1_0622.

Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have 
had as part of a blood donation. Include oral test (where they take a 
swab from your mouth). B. Where did you have your last HIV test “ 
at a private doctor or HMO office, at a counselling and testing site, 
at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or 
somewhere else? 
 As of 2024, HIVTEST2 has been recoded to only account for seven 
categories by combining jail, home, and drug treatment facility into 
"Somewhere else." This has been retroactively applied to all previous 
years of HIVTEST2. The original HIVTEST2 containing data from 2006 to 
2022 has been renamed HIVTEST2_0622.

Which of the following best describes you?

How many of your (number) brothers and sisters were born before you 
were?

A. How much would you say you have heard or read about genetic 
screening - a great deal, something but not very much, or nothing at 
all?

B. How much would you say you have heard or read about genetic 
testing?

A. Some people say that genetic screening is a wonderful medical 
advance. Others think it may cause trouble. Based on what you know, 
do you think genetic screening will do more good than harm, or more 
harm than good?

B. Some people say that genetic screening may cause trouble. 
Others think it is a wonderful medical advance. Based on what you 
know, do you think genetic screening will do more harm than good or 
more good than harm?

C. Some people say that genetic testing may cause trouble. Others 
think it is a wonderful medical advance. Based on what you know, do 
you think genetic testing will do more harm than good or more good 
than harm?

Today, tests are being developed that make it possible to detect 
serious genetic defects before a baby is born. But so far, it is 
impossible either to treat or to correct most of them. If (you/your 
partner) were pregnant, would you want (her) to have a test to find 
out if the baby has any serious genetic defects?

Suppose a test shows the baby has a serious genetic defect. Would you 
(yourself want to/ want your partner to) have an abortion if a test 
shows the baby has a serious genetic defect?

When I say "serious genetic defect," what kinds of defects do you 
think of?  Any others?
 RECORD VERBATIM AND CODE FIRST THREE MENTIONS
 A. First Mention

When I say "serious genetic defect," what kinds of defects do you 
think of?  Any others?
 RECORD VERBATIM AND CODE FIRST THREE MENTIONS
 B. Second Mention

When I say "serious genetic defect," what kinds of defects do you 
think of?  Any others?
 RECORD VERBATIM AND CODE FIRST THREE MENTIONS
 C. Third Mention