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How fish get oxygen

Source: R/gss_vars_384.R
gills.Rd

gills

Source

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

Details

Question How do most fish get the oxygen they need to survive?

Values

  • [1] they take in water and break it down into hydrogen and oxygen

  • [2] using their gills, they take in oxygen that is dissolved in water

  • [3] they get their oxygen from the food they eat

  • [4] they come to the surface every few minutes to breathe air into their lungs

  • [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/C2008

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapthey take in water and break it down into hydrogen and oxygenusing their gills, they take in oxygen that is dissolved in waterthey get their oxygen from the food they eatthey come to the surface every few minutes to breathe air into their lungsdon't knowno answerTotal
200851813711242987107212023
Total51813711242987107212023

See also

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