Polar ice caps got larger or smaller over last 25 yrs

icecaps

Source

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

Details

Question 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. Remember true, false, or don't know. E. Would you say the polar ice caps have gotten larger or smaller over the last 25 years?

Values

[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(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 icecaps.

Counts by year:

year	iap	larger	smaller	stayed the same:volunteered	don't know	no answer	Total
2006	2646	83	1408	24	348	1	4510
2010	1338	34	563	12	86	11	2044
Total	3984	117	1971	36	434	12	6554