Benefits of sci research outweigh harmful results

scibnfts

Source

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

Details

Question Now for another type of question. People have frequently noted that scientific research has produced benefits and harmful results. Would you say that, on balance, the benefits of scientific research have outweighed the harmful results, or have the harmful results of scientific research been greater than its benefits?

Values

[1] benefits greater
[2] about equal (if volunteered)
[3] harmful results greater
[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 scibnfts.

Counts by year:

year	iap	benefits greater	about equal (if volunteered)	harmful results greater	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2646	1284	328	129	122	1	-	4510
2008	518	1015	227	149	109	5	-	2023
2010	1353	462	107	55	60	7	-	2044
2012	972	709	112	87	84	10	-	1974
2014	1299	834	199	122	80	4	-	2538
2016	1477	1007	163	112	100	8	-	2867
2018	1173	861	124	117	64	9	-	2348
Total	9438	6172	1260	771	619	44	0	18304