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Question 1057. Please look at Card B5. When making policy recommendations about global warming, on a scale of 1 to 5, to what extent do you think the following groups would support what is best for the country as a whole versus what serves their own narrow interests? INSTRUCTION: IF ASKED WHAT NARROW INTEREST MEANS: Well, someone might gain financially if a certain policy were adopted or it might advance his or her career. c. Business leaders.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | 2 | 3 | 4 | don't know | no answer | own narrow interests | what is best for the country | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 3582 | 39 | 212 | 259 | 45 | 2 | 320 | 51 | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 1569 | 25 | 118 | 126 | 20 | 5 | 156 | 25 | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70987 | 64 | 330 | 385 | 65 | 7 | 476 | 76 | 72390 |
1
what is best for the country
5
own narrow interests
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(q)
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