Understanding of global warming by elected officials

gwpol

Source

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

Details

Question The first issue is global warming. Global warming means a trend toward warmer temperatures throughoutthe world, with more extreme weather in many places and changes in food production that could affect our way of life. Some people believe that the burning of gasoline and other fossil fuels causes global warming. Others say that global warming has purely natural causes. Please look at Card B2. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means "Very Well" and 5 means "Not at All", how well do the following groups understand the causes of global warming? B. Elected Officials

Values

[1] very well
[5] not at all
[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/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very well	2	3	4	not at all	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	3582	47	65	286	261	228	38	3	4510
2010	1569	27	43	129	144	108	20	4	2044
Total	5151	74	108	415	405	336	58	7	6554