Should media publish defense plans

pubdef

Source

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

Details

Question A. Suppose a newspaper got hold of confidential government papers about defense plans and wanted to publish them. Should the newspaper be allowed to publish the papers? Or should the government have the power to prevent publication?

Values

[1] allow publication
[2] stop publication
[NA(d)] can't choose [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
-	1985

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	allow publication	stop publication	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1985	857	97	479	84	17	-	1534
Total	857	97	479	84	17	0	1534