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Question 222. Which of these statements comes closest to your feelings about pornography laws: 1. There should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age. 2. There should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18. 3. There should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography.
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | no answer | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18 | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age | there should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 29 | 6 | 705 | 626 | 138 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 18 | 1 | 709 | 602 | 160 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 31 | 3 | 745 | 599 | 121 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 16 | 1 | 743 | 661 | 111 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 32 | - | 755 | 591 | 90 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 21 | 4 | 847 | 656 | 71 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 18 | 9 | 790 | 595 | 61 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 14 | 1 | 776 | 626 | 53 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 29 | 8 | 1023 | 681 | 78 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 19 | 3 | 499 | 429 | 47 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 14 | 3 | 552 | 416 | 50 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 13 | - | 471 | 365 | 50 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 15 | 3 | 558 | 401 | 40 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 14 | 3 | 568 | 438 | 34 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 15 | 12 | 1189 | 736 | 59 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 21 | 3 | 1109 | 720 | 72 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 19 | 5 | 1094 | 720 | 73 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 21 | 10 | 1136 | 670 | 59 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 6 | 4 | 512 | 343 | 47 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 4 | 3 | 493 | 339 | 37 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 19 | 3 | 1125 | 775 | 67 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 6 | - | 848 | 460 | 51 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 9 | 3 | 874 | 436 | 55 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 12 | 3 | 825 | 455 | 43 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 8 | 3 | 1042 | 563 | 71 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 12 | 6 | 1244 | 611 | 83 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 10 | 3 | 978 | 492 | 80 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1361 | 2 | - | 1828 | 686 | 138 | 17 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 20 | 13 | 1540 | 672 | 114 | 12 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1116 | 20 | 9 | 1434 | 615 | 101 | 14 | 3309 |
| Total | 28799 | 487 | 125 | 27012 | 16979 | 2254 | 43 | 75699 |
Values
1there should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age2there should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 183there should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornographyNA(d)don't knowNA(i)iapNA(j)I don't have a jobNA(m)dk, na, iapNA(n)no answerNA(p)not imputableNA(r)refusedNA(s)skipped on webNA(u)uncodeableNA(x)not available in this releaseNA(y)not available in this yearNA(z)see codebook