No govt interference important for freedom

nogovt

Source

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

Details

Question I'm going to read you several statements about freedom. Each one may say something true and important about freedom, but I'd like to know how important each statement is to you. Is it one of the most important things about freedom, extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not too important? B. Freedom is having a government that doesn't spy on me or interfere in my life.

Values

[1] one of the most important
[2] extremely important
[3] very important
[4] moderately important
[5] somewhat important
[6] not too important
[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	2000

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	one of the most important	extremely important	very important	moderately important	somewhat important	not too important	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2000	1398	412	356	447	113	33	22	13	23	-	2817
Total	1398	412	356	447	113	33	22	13	23	0	2817