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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 81. And what about a man who admits that he is a homosexual? b. Should such a person be allowed to teach in a college, or university, or not?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | not allowed | yes, allowed to teach | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 64 | 2 | 727 | 711 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 77 | 3 | 660 | 744 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 48 | 3 | 668 | 780 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 64 | 4 | 710 | 752 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 56 | 2 | 609 | 801 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 94 | 9 | 755 | 1002 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 59 | 5 | 545 | 864 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 46 | 5 | 597 | 886 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 65 | 5 | 728 | 1021 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 45 | 5 | 375 | 552 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 48 | 3 | 328 | 654 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 43 | 3 | 297 | 574 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 36 | 3 | 326 | 628 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 47 | 5 | 290 | 733 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 58 | 7 | 522 | 1409 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 57 | 2 | 424 | 1440 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 77 | 3 | 415 | 1387 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 76 | 6 | 368 | 1411 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 21 | 3 | 178 | 722 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 9 | 3 | 176 | 710 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 37 | 9 | 411 | 1546 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 30 | 3 | 261 | 1058 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 20 | 6 | 191 | 1064 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 27 | 8 | 192 | 1081 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 20 | 8 | 194 | 1492 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 977 | 26 | 7 | 221 | 1636 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 22 | 10 | 190 | 1352 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1357 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 2473 | 16 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 29943 | 1274 | 133 | 11541 | 29483 | 16 | 72390 |
4 yes, allowed to teach
5 not allowed
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