Antarctica should be reserved or open

comorsci

Source

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

Details

Question Some people think that Antarctica should be reserved primarily for scientific purposes. Others think it should be open for tourism, fishing, exploration for oil, and other commercial purposes. Please look at Card B23. Which statement best describes your view on this issue?

Values

[1] strongly support reserving antarctica
[2] somewhat support reserving antarctica
[3] dont lean one way or the other on this issue
[4] somewhat support opening antarctica
[5] strongly support opening antarctica
[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/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly support reserving antarctica	somewhat support reserving antarctica	dont lean one way or the other on this issue	somewhat support opening antarctica	strongly support opening antarctica	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	2646	436	435	597	252	83	59	2	4510
2010	1338	148	173	229	89	41	14	12	2044
Total	3984	584	608	826	341	124	73	14	6554