Helps people feel better about themselves

psycmed7

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: G. Taking medication helps people feel better about themselves.

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 psycmed7.

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	111	650	286	177	27	133	3	-	2832
2006	3073	147	766	279	132	24	75	14	-	4510
Total	4518	258	1416	565	309	51	208	17	0	7342