How important: ppl given chance to participate in decsns

polopts

Source

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

Details

Question There are different opinions about people's rights in a democracy. On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not at all important and 7 is very important, how important is it: E. That people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision-making

Values

[1] not at all important
[7] very important
[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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2004, 2014
B/C/-	2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	not at all important	2	3	4	5	6	very important	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	skipped on web	Total
2004	1340	15	9	23	89	243	254	822	12	5	-	-	2812
2014	1274	13	10	18	92	196	258	639	36	2	-	-	2538
2024	1663	9	9	26	99	227	321	855	75	4	-	21	3309
Total	4277	37	28	67	280	666	833	2316	123	11	0	21	8659