Should communist teacher be fired

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Source

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

Details

Question 79. Now, I should like to ask you some questions about a man who admits he is a Communist: b. Suppose he is teaching in a college. Should he be fired, or not?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	don't know	no answer	not fired	yes, fired	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	110	6	518	979	-	-	1613
1973	88	8	585	823	-	-	1504
1974	90	5	617	772	-	-	1484
1975	-	-	-	-	1490	-	1490
1976	73	3	620	803	-	-	1499
1977	63	7	591	869	-	-	1530
1978	-	-	-	-	1532	-	1532
1980	88	3	595	782	-	-	1468
1982	147	11	792	910	-	-	1860
1983	-	-	-	-	1599	-	1599
1984	77	8	671	717	-	-	1473
1985	67	7	677	783	-	-	1534
1986	-	-	-	-	1470	-	1470
1987	115	7	837	860	-	-	1819
1988	53	4	464	456	504	-	1481
1989	64	4	519	446	504	-	1537
1990	58	5	471	383	455	-	1372
1991	55	4	532	402	524	-	1517
1993	76	5	602	392	531	-	1606
1994	113	7	1093	783	996	-	2992
1996	118	4	1087	714	981	-	2904
1998	130	7	1059	686	950	-	2832
2000	125	10	1047	679	956	-	2817
2002	35	2	549	338	1841	-	2765
2004	30	2	568	298	1914	-	2812
2006	94	6	1202	701	2507	-	4510
2008	65	4	783	500	671	-	2023
2010	58	10	776	437	763	-	2044
2012	81	14	804	409	666	-	1974
2014	77	12	1085	540	824	-	2538
2016	89	14	1198	589	977	-	2867
2018	97	12	955	510	774	-	2348
2021	7	-	910	383	2714	18	4032
2022	50	8	719	379	2380	8	3544
2024	47	-	699	392	2163	8	3309
Total	2440	199	23625	18715	30686	34	75699

Values

• 4 yes, fired

• 5 not fired

• 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