obeylaws
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Question There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not at all important and 7 is very important, how important is it… C. Always to obey laws and regulations
Values
[1]not at all important[7]very important[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for obeylaws.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | not at all important | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | very important | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | skipped on web | Total |
| 2004 | 1340 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 52 | 141 | 263 | 986 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2812 |
| 2014 | 1274 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 94 | 222 | 853 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 2538 |
| Total | 2614 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 102 | 235 | 485 | 1839 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5350 |