These medications help control symptoms

psycmed6

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: F. These medications help people control their symptoms.

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 psycmed6.

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	163	907	143	55	7	108	4	-	2832
2006	3073	219	961	141	34	8	60	14	-	4510
Total	4518	382	1868	284	89	15	168	18	0	7342