draft
Details
Question Do you think we should return to a military draft at this time, or should we continue to rely on volunteers?
Values
[1]draft[2]volunteers[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for draft.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | draft | volunteers | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1982 | - | 719 | 1012 | 122 | 7 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 458 | 1070 | 66 | 5 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 329 | 1058 | 64 | 22 | - | 1473 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 237 | 1244 | 35 | 2 | - | 4510 |
| Total | 2992 | 1743 | 4384 | 287 | 36 | 0 | 9442 |