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Question Which of these statements comes closest to your feelings about pornography laws? READ FIRST THREE CATEGORIES ONLY. CIRCLE ONLY ONE CODE.
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[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[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 |
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography whatever the age | there should be laws against the distribution of pornography to persons under 18 | there should be no laws forbidding the distribution of pornography | don't know | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1973 | - | 626 | 705 | 138 | 29 | 6 | - | 1504 |
| 1975 | - | 602 | 709 | 160 | 18 | 1 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 599 | 745 | 121 | 31 | 3 | - | 1499 |
| 1978 | - | 661 | 743 | 111 | 16 | 1 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 591 | 755 | 90 | 32 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1983 | - | 656 | 847 | 71 | 21 | 4 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 595 | 790 | 61 | 18 | 9 | - | 1473 |
| 1986 | - | 626 | 776 | 53 | 14 | 1 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 681 | 1023 | 78 | 29 | 8 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 429 | 499 | 47 | 19 | 3 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 416 | 552 | 50 | 14 | 3 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 365 | 471 | 50 | 13 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 401 | 558 | 40 | 15 | 3 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 438 | 568 | 34 | 14 | 3 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 736 | 1189 | 59 | 15 | 12 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 720 | 1109 | 72 | 21 | 3 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 720 | 1094 | 73 | 19 | 5 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 670 | 1136 | 59 | 21 | 10 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 343 | 512 | 47 | 6 | 4 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 339 | 493 | 37 | 4 | 3 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 775 | 1125 | 67 | 19 | 3 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 460 | 848 | 51 | 6 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 436 | 874 | 55 | 9 | 3 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 455 | 825 | 43 | 12 | 3 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 563 | 1042 | 71 | 8 | 3 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 611 | 1244 | 83 | 12 | 6 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 492 | 978 | 80 | 10 | 3 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1361 | 686 | 1828 | 138 | 2 | - | 17 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 672 | 1540 | 114 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1116 | 615 | 1434 | 101 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 3309 |
| Total | 20778 | 16979 | 27012 | 2254 | 487 | 125 | 43 | 67678 |