Govt investigate workers finances for security

askfinan

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: A. Financial and credit history

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 askfinan.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should	probably should	probably should not	definitely should not	don't know	no answer	Total
1994	1518	801	388	159	89	26	11	2992
1996	1444	743	413	152	113	35	4	2904
1998	1445	612	416	185	121	45	8	2832
2000	1398	693	393	159	134	33	7	2817
Total	5805	2849	1610	655	457	139	30	11545