General Social Survey resources developed at Queens College

• Downloadable PC version of Extract and the GSS data set: The complete GSS data set and an accompanying extraction program for IBM PC compatibles which can extract data files for SPSS or SAS.

• Downloadable PC version of QSearch and The GSS Annotated Bibliography: The right choice for heavy users or computer lab use; takes about 5 megs.

• Online search of The GSS Annotated Bibliography, 11th Edition, 1997

• Online search of The Cumulative GSS Codebook, 1972-1996

• Online search of the GSS Subject Index to QuestionsThis very useful subject index, adapted from the 1996 GSS Cumulative Codebook for use here, permits you to identify clusters of variables by subject, and then to examine the wording and response categories of individual questions.

• You can also display (and print from your web browser) the entire GSS subject index. Note that it is a large file and make take some time to download.