Benefits of sci research outweigh harmful results

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Source

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

Details

Question 1038. 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?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	about equal (if volunteered)	benefits greater	don't know	harmful results greater	no answer	not available in this year	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	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2646	328	1284	122	129	1	-	4510
2008	518	227	1015	109	149	5	-	2023
2010	1353	107	462	60	55	7	-	2044
2012	972	112	709	84	87	10	-	1974
2014	1299	199	834	80	122	4	-	2538
2016	1477	163	1007	100	112	8	-	2867
2018	1173	124	861	64	117	9	-	2348
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	55948	1260	6172	619	771	44	10885	75699

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