Civil liberties - video surveillance

Source: R/gss_vars_448.R

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Source

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

Details

Question Now I have some questions about civil liberties and public security. Do you think that the American gov have the right to do the following? A. Keep people under video surveillance in public areas? Would you say?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapdefinitely should have the rightdefinitely should not have the rightdon't knowno answerprobably should have the rightprobably should not have the rightTotal
19721613------1613
19731504------1504
19741484------1484
19751490------1490
19761499------1499
19771530------1530
19781532------1532
19801468------1468
19821860------1860
19831599------1599
19841473------1473
19851534------1534
19861470------1470
19871819------1819
19881481------1481
19891537------1537
19901372------1372
19911517------1517
19931606------1606
19942992------2992
19962904------2904
19982832------2832
20002817------2817
20022765------2765
20042812------2812
20064510------4510
20082023------2023
20102044------2044
20121974------1974
20142538------2538
2016147734521519135342642867
20182348------2348
20214032------4032
20223544------3544
Total71000345215191353426472390

Values

  • 1 definitely should have the right

  • 2 probably should have the right

  • 3 probably should not have the right

  • 4 definitely should not have the right

  • 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