X should be forced to take prescribed medication by law

mustmed

Source

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

Details

Question Some cities and states have laws that force people with problems like NAME into treatment. Do you think that people like NAME should be forced by law to... B. Take a prescription medication to control his/her behavior.

Values

[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(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/-	2024
A/B/C	1996, 2006
B/C/-	2018

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	skipped on web	Total
1996	1460	372	970	82	20	-	-	2904
2006	3073	371	999	52	15	-	-	4510
2018	1175	318	795	32	28	-	-	2348
2024	1693	435	1086	52	13	-	30	3309
Total	7401	1496	3850	218	76	0	30	13071