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Question Some people think that governments should have the right to take certain measures in the name of national security. Others disagree. Do you think that the American government should or should not have the right to do the following? A. Collect information about anyone living in America without their knowledge? Would you say...
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Counts by year:
year | iap | definitely should have the right | definitely should not have the right | don't know | no answer | probably should have the right | probably should not have the right | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 1477 | 257 | 349 | 15 | 13 | 417 | 339 | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 71000 | 257 | 349 | 15 | 13 | 417 | 339 | 72390 |
1
definitely should have the right
2
probably should have the right
3
probably should not have the right
4
definitely should not have the right
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(q)
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