X should be admitted to be hospitalized for treatment if dangerous to others

dangroth

Source

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

Details

Question Some cities and states have laws that force people with problems like NAME into treatment. Do you think that people like NAME should be forced by law to... E. Be admitted to a hospital for treatment if s/he is dangerous to others.

Values

[1] yes
[2] no
[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/-	2024
A/B/C	1996, 2006
B/C/-	2018

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	Total
1996	1460	1286	107	30	21	2904
2006	3073	1291	102	27	17	4510
2018	1175	1098	31	15	29	2348
Total	5708	3675	240	72	67	9762