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Question 1035. I'm going to read to you some statements like those you might find in a newspaper or magazine article. For each statement, please tell me if you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree. c. Even if it brings no immediate benefits, scientific research that advances the frontiers of knowledge is necessary and should be supported by the federal government.
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | agree | disagree | don't know | no answer | strongly agree | strongly disagree | skipped on web | 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 | 1043 | 160 | 56 | 2 | 581 | 22 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 518 | 905 | 160 | 65 | 8 | 354 | 13 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1353 | 401 | 77 | 36 | 3 | 166 | 8 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 972 | 590 | 113 | 43 | 9 | 226 | 21 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1299 | 692 | 182 | 22 | 4 | 315 | 24 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 759 | 184 | 27 | 5 | 400 | 15 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1173 | 649 | 136 | 24 | 3 | 339 | 24 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2151 | 994 | 207 | 3 | - | 615 | 39 | 23 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2309 | 583 | 142 | - | - | 488 | 20 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 60408 | 6616 | 1361 | 276 | 34 | 3484 | 186 | 25 | 72390 |
1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 disagree
4 strongly disagree
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