Sci knowledge: the center of earth is very hot

hotcore

Source

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

Details

Question Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a television game show. for each statement that I read, please tell me if it is true or false. If you don't know or aren't sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. Remember true, false, or don't know. A. First, the center of the Earth is very hot. Is that true or false?

Values

[1] true
[2] false
[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, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	true	false	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	1462	94	306	2	-	4510
2008	518	1235	83	178	9	-	2023
2010	1103	772	56	109	4	-	2044
2012	972	805	58	134	5	-	1974
2014	1299	1027	69	141	2	-	2538
2016	1477	1171	63	149	7	-	2867
2018	1173	1002	53	117	3	-	2348
Total	9188	7474	476	1134	32	0	18304