GUN IN THE HOME (GSS)

Method & caveats. Self-reported household fact, not a belief: GSS variable OWNGUN, "Do you have a gun in your home?". Value is the weighted percent answering yes (code 1), weight WTSSPS. Years with fewer than 200 weighted responses are dropped. Share is weighted target / weighted valid responses ×100, rounded to one decimal; missing responses excluded. 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously. Embedded OWNGUN code 3 is refused, excluded from the denominator; only codes 1/2 are valid. Breaks: 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously.