Computer data threat to individual privacy

databank

Source

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

Details

Question The federal government has a lot of different pieces of information about people which computers can bring together very quickly. Is this a very serious threat to individual privacy, a fairly serious threat, not a serious threat, or not a threat at all to individual privacy?

Values

[1] very serious threat
[2] fairly serious
[3] not serious
[4] not a threat at all
[NA(d)] can't choose [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
D/-/-	2006
Full	1985

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very serious threat	fairly serious	not serious	not a threat at all	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1985	857	197	191	176	56	46	11	-	1534
1996	1572	478	422	254	57	93	28	-	2904
2006	2992	398	593	397	104	23	3	-	4510
Total	5421	1073	1206	827	217	162	42	0	8948