Benefit of nanotechnology outweigh harmful results

nanowill

Source

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

Details

Question A. Nanotechnology works at the molecular level atom by atom to build new structures, materials, and machines. People have frequently noted that new technologies have produced both benefits and harmful results. Do you think the benefits of nanotechnology will outweigh the harmful results or the harmful results will outweigh the benefits?

Values

[1] benefits greater
[2] about equal (if volunteered)
[3] harmful results greater
[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/-/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	benefits greater	about equal (if volunteered)	harmful results greater	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	727	355	166	614	2	-	4510
2008	518	577	171	148	582	27	-	2023
2010	1584	164	42	41	202	11	-	2044
2016	1956	446	97	160	198	10	-	2867
2018	1563	421	63	163	128	10	-	2348
Total	8267	2335	728	678	1724	60	0	13792