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Question 233. Is there any area right around here - that is, within a mile - where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 8 | 877 | 8 | 611 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 8 | 809 | 4 | 663 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 5 | 835 | 2 | 657 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 9 | 834 | 1 | 686 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 10 | 827 | 2 | 629 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 7 | 947 | 3 | 903 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 17 | 840 | 5 | 611 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 13 | 901 | 3 | 617 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 6 | 1083 | 9 | 721 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 9 | 575 | 2 | 391 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 5 | 619 | 1 | 408 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 10 | 530 | 3 | 374 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 5 | 556 | 6 | 426 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 3 | 609 | 2 | 461 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 15 | 1045 | 3 | 933 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 20 | 1099 | - | 804 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 28 | 1079 | 3 | 772 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 25 | 1106 | 5 | 725 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 5 | 623 | - | 296 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 3 | 612 | - | 283 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 10 | 1274 | - | 719 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 3 | 896 | - | 453 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 4 | 854 | 1 | 422 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 7 | 855 | 1 | 445 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 10 | 1138 | - | 566 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 977 | 12 | 1271 | 3 | 604 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 6 | 1046 | 1 | 521 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 2 | 2613 | - | 1409 | 8 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1203 | 18 | 1440 | 1 | 878 | 4 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1067 | 11 | 1457 | 1 | 766 | 7 | 3309 |
| Total | 27312 | 294 | 29250 | 70 | 18754 | 19 | 75699 |