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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1423a. If you had to choose, which one of the following would be closest to your views? Government should let ordinary people decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing, or government should pass laws to make ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's right to make their own decisions.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | gov. let people decide | gov. make laws | no answer | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 49 | 288 | 261 | 968 | 40 | 1606 |
1994 | 1606 | 278 | 284 | 786 | 38 | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 1541 | 307 | 293 | 571 | 105 | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 614 | 386 | 385 | 647 | 12 | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 66741 | 1259 | 1223 | 2972 | 195 | 72390 |
1
gov. let people decide
2
gov. make laws
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