Government should verify tax records

chktaxes

Source

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

Details

Question Before giving an individual a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance, the government should contact other people and verify information provided by the individual concerning his or her: (READ A-C) C. Tax records

Values

[1] definitely should
[2] probably should
[3] probably should not
[4] definitely should not
[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/C	1996, 1998

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should	probably should	probably should not	definitely should not	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1996	1444	672	448	171	117	47	5	-	2904
1998	1445	528	445	221	129	53	11	-	2832
Total	2889	1200	893	392	246	100	16	0	5736