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Question 79. Now, I should like to ask you some questions about a man who admits he is a Communist: b. Suppose he is teaching in a college. Should he be fired, or not?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | don't know | no answer | not fired | yes, fired | iap | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 110 | 6 | 518 | 979 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 88 | 8 | 585 | 823 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 90 | 5 | 617 | 772 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | - | - | - | 1490 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 73 | 3 | 620 | 803 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 63 | 7 | 591 | 869 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | - | - | - | 1532 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 88 | 3 | 595 | 782 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 147 | 11 | 792 | 910 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | - | - | - | 1599 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 77 | 8 | 671 | 717 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 67 | 7 | 677 | 783 | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | - | - | - | 1470 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 115 | 7 | 837 | 860 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 53 | 4 | 464 | 456 | 504 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 64 | 4 | 519 | 446 | 504 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 58 | 5 | 471 | 383 | 455 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 55 | 4 | 532 | 402 | 524 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 76 | 5 | 602 | 392 | 531 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 113 | 7 | 1093 | 783 | 996 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 118 | 4 | 1087 | 714 | 981 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 130 | 7 | 1059 | 686 | 950 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 125 | 10 | 1047 | 679 | 956 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 35 | 2 | 549 | 338 | 1841 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 30 | 2 | 568 | 298 | 1914 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 94 | 6 | 1202 | 701 | 2507 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 65 | 4 | 783 | 500 | 671 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 58 | 10 | 776 | 437 | 763 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 81 | 14 | 804 | 409 | 666 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 77 | 12 | 1085 | 540 | 824 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 89 | 14 | 1198 | 589 | 977 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 97 | 12 | 955 | 510 | 774 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 7 | - | 910 | 383 | 2714 | 18 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 50 | 8 | 719 | 379 | 2380 | 8 | 3544 |
| Total | 2393 | 199 | 22926 | 18323 | 28523 | 26 | 72390 |
4 yes, fired
5 not fired
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