How well elected officials understand stem cells

scpol

Source

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

Details

Question Here is another public issue: research that uses human embryonic stem cells. These are cells from human embryos that can develop into many different types of tissue. Some say that cells taken from human embryos are uniquely valuable in medical research. Others say that the same discoveries can be made without destroying living embryos. Please look at Card B6. (On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means "Very Well" and 5 means "Not at All"), how well do the following groups understand stem cell research? C. Elected Officials

Values

[1] very well
[5] not at all
[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/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	very well	2	3	4	not at all	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3582	30	59	310	258	210	58	3	-	4510
2010	1569	16	32	164	139	97	22	5	-	2044
Total	5151	46	91	474	397	307	80	8	0	6554