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Genetic testing good or harm

Source: R/gss_vars_555.R
genegood.Rd

genegood

Source

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

Details

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

Values

  • [1] good ) harm

  • [2] harm ) good

  • [3] it depends

  • [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/C1990, 1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapgood ) harmharm ) goodit dependsrefuseddon't knowno answerTotal
199045543419099618351372
19962408242112--119232904
Total2863676302996302284276

See also

Other Genes: genetest, genetst1

Other Genetic Testing: genetest, genetst1