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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1042. Why is it better to test the drug this way?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | correct - control group | correct - don't know | correct - vague reason | correct - wrong reason | no answer to closed ended question | uncodeable | wrong - don't know | wrong - other reason | wrong - reservations about control group | wrong - reservations about sample | 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 | 2646 | 300 | 35 | 450 | 682 | 84 | 2 | 21 | 106 | 27 | 157 | 4510 |
2008 | 629 | 199 | 14 | 362 | 513 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 106 | 37 | 120 | 2023 |
2010 | 1364 | 240 | 17 | 114 | 193 | 17 | - | 6 | 21 | 10 | 62 | 2044 |
2012 | 1038 | 154 | 33 | 144 | 460 | 11 | - | 4 | 55 | 23 | 52 | 1974 |
2014 | 1366 | 194 | 12 | 394 | 347 | 24 | - | 2 | 86 | 20 | 93 | 2538 |
2016 | 1526 | 264 | 34 | 428 | 364 | 19 | - | 12 | 80 | 36 | 104 | 2867 |
2018 | 1212 | 288 | 28 | 281 | 303 | 14 | - | 17 | 57 | 44 | 104 | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 63867 | 1639 | 173 | 2173 | 2862 | 171 | 35 | 70 | 511 | 197 | 692 | 72390 |
1
correct - control group
2
correct - vague reason
3
correct - wrong reason
4
correct - don't know
5
wrong - reservations about control group
6
wrong - reservations about sample
7
wrong - other reason
8
wrong - don't know
9
no answer to closed ended question
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