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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 221. The next questions are about pornography - books, movies, magazines, and photographs that show or describe sex activities. I'm going to read some opinions about the effects of looking at or reading such sexual materials. As I read each one, please tell me if you think sexual materials do or do not have that effect: d. Sexual materials provide an outlet for bottled-up impulses
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 151 | 528 | 5 | 820 | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 236 | 413 | 5 | 836 | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 235 | 427 | 8 | 829 | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 183 | 445 | 5 | 899 | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 204 | 393 | 6 | 865 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 176 | 501 | 11 | 911 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 177 | 399 | 10 | 887 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 145 | 447 | 8 | 870 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 253 | 479 | 12 | 1075 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 132 | 303 | 5 | 557 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 141 | 271 | 6 | 617 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 129 | 239 | 3 | 528 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 139 | 307 | 4 | 567 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 138 | 275 | 10 | 634 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1965 | 132 | 303 | 5 | 587 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 52504 | 2571 | 5730 | 103 | 11482 | 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