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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1034. If you wanted to learn about scientific issues such as global warming or biotechnology, where would you get information (' newspapers, magazines, the Internet, books or other printed materials, TV, radio, government agencies, family, friends, colleagues, or some other source)?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | books/other printed material | don't know | family | friends/colleagues | government agencies | magazines | newspapers | no answer | other | radio | the internet | tv | library | 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 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2646 | 181 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 108 | 117 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 921 | 398 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 518 | 117 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 87 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 791 | 324 | 17 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1761 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 157 | 40 | 2 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 972 | 68 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 599 | 190 | 2 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1299 | 76 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 51 | - | 6 | 23 | 789 | 191 | 4 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 101 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 42 | 5 | - | 16 | 927 | 175 | 10 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1173 | 95 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 28 | - | - | 14 | 791 | 145 | 10 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 63932 | 678 | 132 | 107 | 76 | 98 | 342 | 371 | 13 | 53 | 105 | 4975 | 1463 | 45 | 72390 |
1 newspapers
2 magazines
3 the internet
4 books/other printed material
5 tv
6 radio
7 government agencies
8 family
9 friends/colleagues
10 library
11 other
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