Should govt collect citizen info without knowledge

givinfusa

Source

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

Details

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? Collect information about anyone living in America without their knowledge? Would you say...

Values

[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(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

ballots	years
A/B	2016

Overview

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Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should have the right	probably should have the right	probably should not have the right	definitely should not have the right	don't know	no answer	Total
2016	1477	257	417	339	349	15	13	2867
Total	1477	257	417	339	349	15	13	2867