Sci research is strongly in favor of harmful results

balneg

Source

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

Details

Question Now for another type of question. People have frequently noted that scientific research has produced benefits and harmful results. Would you say that, on balance, the benefits of scientific research have outweighed the harmful results, or have the harmful results of scientific research been greater than its benefits? B. Would you say that the balance has been strongly in favor of the harmful results, or only slightly?

Values

[1] strongly in favor
[2] slightly in favor
[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/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014, 2021

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly in favor	slightly in favor	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	4380	39	87	3	1	-	4510
2008	1869	40	105	3	6	-	2023
2010	1982	15	40	-	7	-	2044
2012	1877	26	60	1	10	-	1974
2014	2415	28	92	2	1	-	2538
2016	2747	28	83	1	8	-	2867
2018	2222	25	89	3	9	-	2348
2021	3947	21	42	-	22	-	4032
Total	21439	222	598	13	64	0	22336