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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 232. If yes or not sure: Would you approve of a policeman striking a citizen who: a. Had said vulgar and obscene things to the policeman?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 380 | 17 | 855 | 1 | 251 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 343 | 40 | 881 | 5 | 221 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 42 | 1158 | 4 | 295 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 31 | 1225 | 2 | 274 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 30 | 1232 | 8 | 198 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 38 | 1325 | 1 | 235 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 35 | 1258 | 4 | 176 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 21 | 1241 | 3 | 205 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 46 | 1576 | 7 | 190 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 18 | 857 | 4 | 118 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 18 | 899 | 5 | 113 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 31 | 759 | 1 | 108 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 21 | 902 | 7 | 87 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 19 | 961 | 4 | 73 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 19 | 1804 | 12 | 176 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 24 | 1756 | 7 | 138 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 31 | 1750 | 5 | 125 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 32 | 1738 | 11 | 115 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 19 | 833 | 1 | 59 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 26 | 783 | 1 | 66 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 66 | 1787 | - | 136 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 45 | 1193 | 1 | 126 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 29 | 1220 | 2 | 126 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 38 | 1174 | 1 | 125 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 31 | 1508 | - | 148 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 38 | 1715 | 5 | 198 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 37 | 1374 | 2 | 150 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2719 | 1 | 1204 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2353 | 4 | 1076 | 1 | 106 | 4 | 3544 |
| Total | 30944 | 847 | 36044 | 106 | 4438 | 11 | 72390 |
1 yes
2 no
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