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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 94. Everything considered, would you say that, in general, you approve or disapprove of wiretapping?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | approve | disapprove | don't know | no answer | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 245 | 1179 | 57 | 3 | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 242 | 1186 | 59 | 3 | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 282 | 1198 | 48 | 2 | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 291 | 1192 | 46 | 3 | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 311 | 1462 | 80 | 7 | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 296 | 1239 | 61 | 3 | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 349 | 1131 | 47 | 7 | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 326 | 1087 | 53 | 4 | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 200 | 727 | 56 | 5 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 263 | 690 | 47 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 203 | 668 | 54 | 3 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 247 | 717 | 57 | 3 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 245 | 768 | 61 | 6 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2485 | 93 | 385 | 27 | 2 | 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 | 54358 | 3593 | 13629 | 753 | 57 | 72390 |
1 approve
2 disapprove
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