What mental illness is, other codes

mntloth

Source

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

Details

Question Of course, everybody hears a good deal about physical illness and disease, but now, what about the ones we call mental or nervous illness?...When you hear someone say that a person is "mentally-ill," what does that mean to you? (PROBES: How would you describe a person who is mentally-ill? What do you think a mentally-ill person is like? What does a person like this do that tells you he is mentally-ill? How does a person like this act?)

Other mentions about the nature of mental illness.

Values

[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/C	1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	1007	1011	1102	1106	1107	1108	1110	1201	1204	1205	1206	1207	1209	1210	1211	1214	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1996	2686	2	1	4	1	17	1	1	3	3	1	2	14	51	4	53	42	18	-	2904
Total	2686	2	1	4	1	17	1	1	3	3	1	2	14	51	4	53	42	18	0	2904