How important to respect america's laws etc

amgovt

Source

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

Details

Question Some people say 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... F. To respect America's political institutions and laws

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	1996, 2004, 2014
B/C/-	2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very important	fairly important	not very important	not important at all	can't choose	no answer	Total
1996	1537	856	377	68	23	26	17	2904
2004	1596	871	288	36	11	9	1	2812
2014	1264	802	355	55	30	27	5	2538
Total	4397	2529	1020	159	64	62	23	8254