How get people to protect environment

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Source

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

Question J. Which of these approaches do you think would be the best way of getting people and their families in America to protect the environment?

[1] heavy fines for people who damage the environment
[2] use the tax system to reward people who protect the environment
[3] more information and education for people about the advantages of protecting the environment
[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

ballots	years
A/B	2010, 2021

Counts by year:

year	iap	heavy fines for people who damage the environment	use the tax system to reward people who protect the environment	more information and education for people about the advantages of protecting the environment	can't choose	no answer	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
2010	614	206	441	676	102	5	-	-	2044
2021	2003	228	727	734	132	191	17	-	4032
Total	2617	434	1168	1410	234	196	17	0	6076