Military, armaments, and defense

natarms

Source

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

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Question We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. First (READ ITEM A) . . . are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? I. The military, armaments and defense

Values

[1] too little
[2] about right
[3] too much
[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	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Full	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	too little	about right	too much	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	-	167	673	567	89	8	-	1504
1974	-	250	671	459	99	5	-	1484
1975	-	247	679	461	97	6	-	1490
1976	-	360	628	407	97	7	-	1499
1977	-	361	694	349	123	3	-	1530
1978	-	413	666	334	116	3	-	1532
1980	-	825	377	168	95	3	-	1468
1982	-	485	651	602	110	12	-	1860
1983	-	385	603	518	89	4	-	1599
1984	983	84	200	185	17	4	-	1473
1985	783	107	315	300	25	4	-	1534
1986	740	118	279	294	35	4	-	1470
1987	1216	91	223	256	27	6	-	1819
1988	763	113	285	274	40	6	-	1481
1989	769	111	311	299	43	4	-	1537
1990	698	69	285	280	36	4	-	1372
1991	761	106	422	205	17	6	-	1517
1993	807	82	353	330	30	4	-	1606
1994	1484	239	710	493	59	7	-	2992
1996	1463	244	664	445	87	1	-	2904
1998	1451	241	640	418	74	8	-	2832
2000	1408	323	641	343	96	6	-	2817
2002	1407	414	615	295	33	1	-	2765
2004	1411	464	540	363	34	-	-	2812
2006	3026	379	475	588	41	1	-	4510
2008	1019	235	304	426	38	1	-	2023
2010	1030	271	370	345	26	2	-	2044
2012	976	243	401	321	31	2	-	1974
2014	1264	448	399	383	43	1	-	2538
2016	1430	533	491	374	37	2	-	2867
2018	1160	373	465	303	45	2	-	2348
2021	2045	513	814	647	5	-	8	4032
2022	1764	516	670	549	40	1	4	3544
2024	1626	510	641	475	47	3	7	3309
Total	31484	10320	17155	13056	1921	131	19	74086

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