General Social Survey - Definition and Overview

The Genereal Social Survey is a useful and interesting collection of data on demographic characteristics and attitudes of residents of the United States.

From the GSSDIRS Introduction (http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/GSS/about/gss/about.htm):

"The GSS (General Social Survey) is an almost annual, 'omnibus,' personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) with James A. Davis, Tom W. Smith, and Peter V. Marsden as principal investigators (PIs). The first survey took place in 1972 and since then more than 38,000 respondents have answered over 3,260 different questions."

GSSDIRS (http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/GSS/) provides a website that allows users to search GSS information, test hypotheses, and look for interesting correlations.