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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 231. If yes or not sure: Would you approve if the stranger: c. Would you approve of a man punching a stranger who had hit the man's child after the child accidentally damaged the stranger's car?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no | no answer | yes | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 489 | 27 | 470 | 7 | 511 | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 407 | 38 | 494 | 4 | 547 | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 50 | 720 | 10 | 719 | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 46 | 687 | 4 | 795 | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 64 | 666 | 8 | 730 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 58 | 635 | 7 | 899 | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 46 | 646 | 17 | 764 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 46 | 592 | 9 | 823 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 65 | 754 | 12 | 988 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 38 | 377 | 7 | 575 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 37 | 425 | 5 | 568 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 34 | 330 | 1 | 534 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 31 | 409 | 7 | 570 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 42 | 413 | 3 | 599 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2481 | 7 | 212 | 2 | 290 | 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 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 53916 | 629 | 7830 | 103 | 9912 | 72390 |
1 yes
2 no
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