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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 222. Which of these statements comes closest to your feelings about pornography laws: 1. There should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age. 2. There should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18. 3. There should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18 | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age | there should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 29 | 6 | 705 | 626 | 138 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 18 | 1 | 709 | 602 | 160 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 31 | 3 | 745 | 599 | 121 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 16 | 1 | 743 | 661 | 111 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 32 | - | 755 | 591 | 90 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 21 | 4 | 847 | 656 | 71 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 18 | 9 | 790 | 595 | 61 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 14 | 1 | 776 | 626 | 53 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 29 | 8 | 1023 | 681 | 78 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 19 | 3 | 499 | 429 | 47 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 14 | 3 | 552 | 416 | 50 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 13 | - | 471 | 365 | 50 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 15 | 3 | 558 | 401 | 40 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 14 | 3 | 568 | 438 | 34 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 15 | 12 | 1189 | 736 | 59 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 21 | 3 | 1109 | 720 | 72 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 19 | 5 | 1094 | 720 | 73 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 21 | 10 | 1136 | 670 | 59 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 6 | 4 | 512 | 343 | 47 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 4 | 3 | 493 | 339 | 37 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 19 | 3 | 1125 | 775 | 67 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 6 | - | 848 | 460 | 51 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 9 | 3 | 874 | 436 | 55 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 12 | 3 | 825 | 455 | 43 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 8 | 3 | 1042 | 563 | 71 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 12 | 6 | 1244 | 611 | 83 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 10 | 3 | 978 | 492 | 80 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1361 | 2 | - | 1828 | 686 | 138 | 17 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 20 | 13 | 1540 | 672 | 114 | 12 | 3544 |
| Total | 27683 | 467 | 116 | 25578 | 16364 | 2153 | 29 | 72390 |
1 there should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age
2 there should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18
3 there should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography
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