Birth control information

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Source

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

Details

Question 213a. In some places in the United States, it is not legal to supply birth control information. How do you feel about this - do you think birth control information should be available to anyone who wants it, or not?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	available	don't know	not available	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	-	1354	15	115	-	-	1484
1975	-	1331	31	126	2	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	-	1389	24	112	5	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	-	1664	45	148	3	-	1860
1983	-	1441	29	127	2	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	60883	7179	144	628	12	6853	75699

Values

• 1 available

• 2 not available

• 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