Importance of following own conscience

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Source

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

Details

Question People have many differing views about what makes a person a good Christian or Jew. Please tell me how important is each of the following to you. Once again, please indicate where you would place your feelings on a scale from 1 to 5. How important is it … D. To follow one's conscience even if it means going against what the churches or synagogues say and do.

Values

[1] very important
[5] not very important
[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/C	1988, 1998

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very important	2	3	4	not very important	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1988	-	605	333	303	88	110	24	18	-	1481
1998	1387	576	234	313	92	137	78	15	-	2832
Total	1387	1181	567	616	180	247	102	33	0	4313