icecaps
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1077. The next few questions are about the Arctic and the Antarctic. The Arctic is the region around the North Pole; Antarctic is the region that contains the South Pole. These questions are like ones you might see on a television game show. If you don't know or aren't sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. e. Would you say the polar ice caps have gotten larger or smaller over the last 25 years?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | larger | no answer | smaller | stayed the same:volunteered | 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 | 2646 | 348 | 83 | 1 | 1408 | 24 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1338 | 86 | 34 | 11 | 563 | 12 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 69820 | 434 | 117 | 12 | 1971 | 36 | 72390 |
1 larger
2 smaller
3 stayed the same:volunteered
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