Govt should let biz decide how to protect envir

busdecid

Source

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

Details

Question B. And which one of the following closest to your views? Government should let businesses decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing, or government should pass laws to make businesses protect the environment, even if it interferes with business' right to make their own decisions.

Values

[1] gov. let busnesses decide
[2] gov. make laws
[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/-	2010
A/B/C	1993, 1994, 2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	gov. let busnesses decide	gov. make laws	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1993	49	118	1223	174	42	-	1606
1994	1606	127	1047	175	37	-	2992
2000	1541	113	870	188	105	-	2817
2010	614	151	1043	227	9	-	2044
Total	3810	509	4183	764	193	0	9459