Helps people deal w day to day stresses

psycmed4

Source

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

Details

Question Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about medicines prescribed by doctors to help people who are having problems with their emotions, nerves or their mental health: D. Taking these medications helps people deal with day-to-day stresses.

Values

[1] strongly agree
[2] agree
[3] neither agree nor disagree
[4] disagree
[5] strongly disagree
[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
A/B/C	1998, 2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for psycmed4.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly agree	agree	neither agree nor disagree	disagree	strongly disagree	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1998	1445	159	847	192	66	15	103	5	-	2832
2006	3073	229	912	152	60	13	57	14	-	4510
Total	4518	388	1759	344	126	28	160	19	0	7342