Expression of unpopular ideas important for freedom

expunpop

Source

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

Details

Question I'm going to read you several statements about freedom. Each one may say something true and important about freedom, but I'd like to know how important each statement is to you. Is it one of the most important things about freedom, extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not too important? F. Freedom is being able to express unpopular ideas without fearing for my safety.

Values

[1] one of the most important
[2] extremely important
[3] very important
[4] moderately important
[5] somewhat important
[6] not too important
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	one of the most important	extremely important	very important	moderately important	somewhat important	not too important	don't know	no answer	Total
2000	1398	552	401	326	71	15	17	14	23	2817
Total	1398	552	401	326	71	15	17	14	23	2817