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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question Now, we are going to do some more detailed questions on science and technology. Scientists and educators are interested in how familiar adults are with the things being taught in today's schools. Many of these questions are likely to concern things (response to h20txt) What property of water is most important for living organisms? (response to acceptDK) (response to probeDK)
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Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | it does not conduct electricity | it is liquid at most temperatures on earth | it is odorless | it is tasteless | no answer | 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 | 518 | 268 | 70 | 1012 | 64 | 71 | 20 | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70885 | 268 | 70 | 1012 | 64 | 71 | 20 | 72390 |
1
it is odorless
2
it does not conduct electricity
3
it is tasteless
4
it is liquid at most temperatures on earth
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