Citizen said vulgar or obscene things

polabuse

Source

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

Details

Question Are there any situations you can imagine in which you would approve of a policeman striking an adult male citizen? A. Had said vulgar and obscene things to the policeman?

Values

[1] yes
[2] no
[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
-/-	1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	380	251	855	17	1	-	1504
1975	343	221	881	40	5	-	1490
1976	-	295	1158	42	4	-	1499
1978	-	274	1225	31	2	-	1532
1980	-	198	1232	30	8	-	1468
1983	-	235	1325	38	1	-	1599
1984	-	176	1258	35	4	-	1473
1986	-	205	1241	21	3	-	1470
1987	-	190	1576	46	7	-	1819
1988	484	118	857	18	4	-	1481
1989	502	113	899	18	5	-	1537
1990	473	108	759	31	1	-	1372
1991	500	87	902	21	7	-	1517
1993	549	73	961	19	4	-	1606
1994	981	176	1804	19	12	-	2992
1996	979	138	1756	24	7	-	2904
1998	921	125	1750	31	5	-	2832
2000	921	115	1738	32	11	-	2817
2002	1853	59	833	19	1	-	2765
2004	1936	66	783	26	1	-	2812
2006	2521	136	1787	66	-	-	4510
2008	658	126	1193	45	1	-	2023
2010	667	126	1220	29	2	-	2044
2012	636	125	1174	38	1	-	1974
2014	851	148	1508	31	-	-	2538
2016	911	198	1715	38	5	-	2867
2018	785	150	1374	37	2	-	2348
2021	2719	100	1204	1	1	7	4032
2022	2353	106	1076	4	1	4	3544
2024	2198	106	983	14	1	7	3309
Total	25121	4544	37027	861	107	18	67678