Should govt info be public

Source: R/gss_vars_448.R

govtinfo

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Here is a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is ""All government information should be publically available, eve ""public security should be given priority, even if this means limiting access to government information Where would you place yourself on such a scale?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariap0 - all government information should be publically available, even if this meant a risk to public security110 - public security should be given priority, even if this means limiting access to government information23456789don't knowno answerTotal
19721613-------------1613
19731504-------------1504
19741484-------------1484
19751490-------------1490
19761499-------------1499
19771530-------------1530
19781532-------------1532
19801468-------------1468
19821860-------------1860
19831599-------------1599
19841473-------------1473
19851534-------------1534
19861470-------------1470
19871819-------------1819
19881481-------------1481
19891537-------------1537
19901372-------------1372
19911517-------------1517
19931606-------------1606
19942992-------------2992
19962904-------------2904
19982832-------------2832
20002817-------------2817
20022765-------------2765
20042812-------------2812
20064510-------------4510
20082023-------------2023
20102044-------------2044
20121974-------------1974
20142538-------------2538
20161477393120051102663111391751865819132867
20182348-------------2348
20214032-------------4032
20223544-------------3544
Total710003931200511026631113917518658191372390

Values

  • 0 0 - all government information should be publically available, even if this meant a risk to public security

  • 10 10 - public security should be given priority, even if this means limiting access to government information

  • 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