Govt investigate workers crime records

askcrime

Source

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

Details

Question Before giving an individual a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance, the government should have the right to ask him or her detailed, personal questions in the following areas: B. Criminal arrests and convictions

Values

[1] definitely should
[2] probably should
[3] probably should not
[4] definitely should not
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should	probably should	probably should not	definitely should not	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1994	1518	1301	130	9	7	16	11	-	2992
1996	1444	1284	124	19	6	23	4	-	2904
1998	1445	1131	189	25	11	23	8	-	2832
2000	1398	1188	158	21	11	32	9	-	2817
Total	5805	4904	601	74	35	94	32	0	11545