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Genetic testing good or harm

Source: R/gss_vars_556.R
genegoo1.Rd

genegoo1

Source

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

Details

Question B. Some people say that genetic screening may cause trouble. Others think it is a wonderful medical advance. Based on what you know, do you think genetic screening will do more harm than good or more good than harm?

Values

  • [1] harm ) good

  • [2] good ) harm

  • [7] refused

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/C1996

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for genegoo1.

Counts by year:

yeariapharm ) goodgood ) harmdon't knowno answerTotal
19962431107235103282904
Total2431107235103282904

See also

Other Genes: geneabrt, genedef1, genedef2, genedef3, genegoo2, geneself

Other Genetic Testing: geneabrt, genedef1, genedef2, genedef3, genegoo2, geneself