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Genetic testing good or harm

Source: R/gss_vars_556.R
genegoo2.Rd

genegoo2

Source

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

Details

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

Values

  • [1] more good than harm

  • [2] more harm than good

  • [3] it depends

  • [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/B/C2004
A/C/-2018

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for genegoo2.

Counts by year:

yeariapmore good than harmmore harm than gooddon't knowno answerit dependsTotal
20042175370733614-2812
20181168680218114361322348
Total11702433925450501325160

See also

Other Genes: geneabrt, genedef1, genedef2, genedef3, genegoo1, geneself

Other Genetic Testing: geneabrt, genedef1, genedef2, genedef3, genegoo1, geneself