Was this prob of narrow or wide concern

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Source

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

Details

Question What about some representatives or governmental officials outside of the local community – on the (county, IF LOCAL UNIT BELOW COUNTY LEVEL), state, or national level? Have you ever contacted or written to such a person on some need or problem? A. Was this need or problem primarily of concern to you, your friends, and family or was it an issue of wider concern?

Values

[1] self frnds famly
[2] both
[3] wider concern
[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
-	1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	self frnds famly	both	wider concern	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1987	1318	129	48	312	12	-	1819
Total	1318	129	48	312	12	0	1819