How important to have american ancestry

amancstr

Source

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

Details

Question Some people say that the following things are important for being truly American. Others say they are not important. How important do you think each of the following is... (Please, select one response) To have American ancestry

Values

[1] very important
[2] fairly important
[3] not very important
[4] not important at all
[NA(d)] can't choose [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2004, 2014
B/C/-	2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for amancstr.

Counts by year:

year	iap	very important	fairly important	not very important	not important at all	can't choose	no answer	Total
2004	1596	388	267	368	164	26	3	2812
2014	1264	304	220	408	310	28	4	2538
Total	2860	692	487	776	474	54	7	5350