Should people obey laws without exceptn?

obeylaw

Source

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

Details

Question In general, would you say that people should obey the law without exception, or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law? (CIRCLE ONE ANSWER)

Values

1 obey the law without exception
2 follow conscience on occassions
NA(d) can't choose / 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

year	ballots	availability
1985	-/-/-	full
1990	A/B/C	full
1996	A/B/C	full
2006	D/-/-	partial
2016	A/B/-	partial

Link at the GSS

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