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	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	8948