pornout

Source

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

Details

Question 221. The next questions are about pornography - books, movies, magazines, and photographs that show or describe sex activities. I'm going to read some opinions about the effects of looking at or reading such sexual materials. As I read each one, please tell me if you think sexual materials do or do not have that effect: d. Sexual materials provide an outlet for bottled-up impulses

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariapdon't knownono answeryesTotal
19721613----1613
1973-15152858201504
19741484----1484
1975-23641358361490
1976-23542788291499
19771530----1530
1978-18344558991532
1980-20439368651468
19821860----1860
1983-176501119111599
1984-177399108871473
19851534----1534
1986-14544788701470
1987-2534791210751819
198848413230355571481
198950214127166171537
199047312923935281372
199150013930745671517
1993549138275106341606
1994196513230355872992
19962904----2904
19982832----2832
20002817----2817
20022765----2765
20042812----2812
20064510----4510
20082023----2023
20102044----2044
20121974----1974
20142538----2538
20162867----2867
20182348----2348
20214032----4032
20223544----3544
Total52504257157301031148272390

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(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