Sci knowledge: allradioactivity is man-made

radioact

Source

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

Details

Question Now, I would like to ask you a few short questions like those you might see on a television game show. for each statement that I read, please tell me if it is true or false. If you don’t know or aren’t sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. Remember true, false, or don’t know. B. All radioactivity is man-made. (Is that true or false?)

Values

[1] true
[2] false
[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/-	2016, 2018
A/B/C	2008
A/C/-	2010
B/C/-	2006, 2012, 2014

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	true	false	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	269	1292	302	1	-	4510
2008	518	293	1026	176	10	-	2023
2010	1103	175	625	139	2	-	2044
2012	972	176	706	114	6	-	1974
2014	1299	208	894	134	3	-	2538
2016	1477	255	964	160	11	-	2867
2018	1173	235	802	135	3	-	2348
Total	9188	1611	6309	1160	36	0	18304