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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question I3. Elephants, as we know them today, descended from earlier species of animals. (Is that true or false?)
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | false | no answer | true | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2181 | 100 | 84 | 4 | 498 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1763 | 90 | 84 | 3 | 408 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71119 | 190 | 168 | 7 | 906 | 72390 |
1 true
2 false
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(q) 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