Officials not interested in average man

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Source

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

Details

Question 179. Now I'm going to read you several more statements. Some people agree with a statement, others disagree. As I read each one, tell me whether you more or less agree with it, or more or less disagree. a. Most public officials (people in public office) are not really interested in the problems of the average man.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	agree	disagree	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	-	873	594	34	3	-	1504
1974	-	948	496	37	3	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	-	976	487	31	5	-	1499
1977	-	955	517	51	7	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	-	1038	383	44	3	-	1468
1982	-	1232	538	66	24	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	-	997	434	35	7	-	1473
1985	-	964	518	45	7	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	-	1265	499	48	7	-	1819
1988	504	639	300	36	2	-	1481
1989	504	659	335	36	3	-	1537
1990	455	613	275	26	3	-	1372
1991	524	664	287	40	2	-	1517
1993	531	791	254	25	5	-	1606
1994	1737	923	299	29	4	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2992	972	507	33	6	-	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
2024	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	46907	14509	6723	616	91	6853	75699

Values

• 1 agree

• 2 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(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