sexeduc
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 214. Would you be for or against sex education in the public schools?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | depends on age/grade (vol.) | don't know | favor | no answer | oppose | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 9 | 50 | 1169 | 3 | 253 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | - | 55 | 1136 | 2 | 297 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | - | 32 | 1174 | 6 | 318 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | - | 57 | 1524 | 3 | 276 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | - | 44 | 1334 | 4 | 217 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | - | 38 | 1252 | 8 | 236 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | - | 41 | 1199 | 2 | 228 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | - | 27 | 833 | 4 | 124 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | - | 34 | 847 | 3 | 122 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | - | 24 | 809 | 4 | 91 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | - | 31 | 870 | 2 | 121 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | - | 28 | 890 | 3 | 159 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | - | 57 | 1671 | 12 | 237 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | - | 47 | 1666 | 6 | 241 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | - | 42 | 1585 | 8 | 236 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | - | 44 | 1592 | 9 | 232 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | - | 18 | 787 | - | 103 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | - | 11 | 806 | 2 | 87 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | - | 29 | 1753 | 1 | 209 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 694 | - | 24 | 1184 | 2 | 119 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | - | 15 | 1263 | 5 | 147 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | - | 22 | 1157 | 6 | 117 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | - | 14 | 1510 | 3 | 148 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 980 | - | 19 | 1722 | - | 146 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | - | 16 | 1409 | 1 | 133 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1320 | - | 8 | 2450 | 2 | 238 | 14 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1168 | - | 27 | 2047 | 2 | 292 | 8 | 3544 |
| Total | 30636 | 9 | 854 | 35639 | 103 | 5127 | 22 | 72390 |
1 favor
2 oppose
3 depends on age/grade (vol.)
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