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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1191. How interested would you say you personally are in politics?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | can't choose | fairly interested | no answer | not at all interested | not very interested | somewhat interested | very interested | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 155 | 19 | 330 | 36 | 77 | 200 | 408 | 147 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 24 | 326 | 46 | 107 | 241 | 398 | 190 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 2 | 361 | - | 216 | 234 | 427 | 278 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 1 | 313 | 12 | 161 | 257 | 397 | 249 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 66933 | 46 | 1330 | 94 | 561 | 932 | 1630 | 864 | 72390 |
1 very interested
2 fairly interested
3 somewhat interested
4 not very interested
5 not at all interested
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(q) 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