Sci research is strongly in favor of benefits

balpos

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? A. Would you say that the balance has been strongly in favor of the benefits, 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 balpos.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly in favor	slightly in favor	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2006	3225	871	390	23	1	-	4510
2008	1003	618	382	15	5	-	2023
2010	1575	302	144	16	7	-	2044
2012	1255	505	187	16	11	-	1974
2014	1703	520	303	11	1	-	2538
2016	1852	621	369	17	8	-	2867
2018	1478	531	320	10	9	-	2348
2021	2932	824	249	3	22	2	4032
Total	15023	4792	2344	111	64	2	22336