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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1038b. Would you say that the balance has been strongly in favor of the harmful results, or only slightly?
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | slightly in favor | strongly in favor | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4380 | 3 | 1 | 87 | 39 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1869 | 3 | 6 | 105 | 40 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1982 | - | 7 | 40 | 15 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1877 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 26 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2415 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 28 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2747 | 1 | 8 | 83 | 28 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2222 | 3 | 9 | 89 | 25 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3947 | - | 22 | 42 | 21 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71493 | 13 | 64 | 598 | 222 | 72390 |
1 strongly in favor
2 slightly in favor
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook