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

year	ballots	availability
1994	A/B/C	full

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