Govt should let peop decide how to protect envir

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Source

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

Details

Question 1423a. If you had to choose, which one of the following would be closest to your views? Government should let ordinary people decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing, or government should pass laws to make ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's right to make their own decisions.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	don't know	gov. let people decide	gov. make laws	no answer	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	49	288	261	968	40	1606
1994	1606	278	284	786	38	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	1541	307	293	571	105	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	614	386	385	647	12	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	3544	-	-	-	-	3544
Total	66741	1259	1223	2972	195	72390

Values

• 1 gov. let people decide

• 2 gov. make laws

• 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