Govt favor secrecy over workers privacy?

secprvcy

Source

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

Details

Question When faced with the conflict between an individual”s right to privacy and the government”s need to collect personal background information before giving a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance, the government should:

Favor protecting an individual”s right to privacy by not gathering information.
Favor the government”s need to protect security by gathering information.

Values

[1] favor indiv right
[2] favor govt right
[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/C	1994

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	favor indiv right	favor govt right	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1994	1518	229	1156	79	10	-	2992
Total	1518	229	1156	79	10	0	2992