Probable source of information about scientific issues

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Source

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

Details

Question 1034. If you wanted to learn about scientific issues such as global warming or biotechnology, where would you get information (' newspapers, magazines, the Internet, books or other printed materials, TV, radio, government agencies, family, friends, colleagues, or some other source)?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	books/other printed material	don't know	family	friends/colleagues	government agencies	magazines	newspapers	no answer	other	radio	the internet	tv	library	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	181	35	23	16	4	108	117	2	38	21	921	398	-	-	4510
2008	518	117	32	19	14	6	73	87	2	8	15	791	324	17	-	2023
2010	1761	40	3	3	2	9	12	12	-	-	3	157	40	2	-	2044
2012	972	68	25	11	5	10	40	34	4	1	13	599	190	2	-	1974
2014	1299	76	8	10	17	25	39	51	-	6	23	789	191	4	-	2538
2016	1477	101	15	19	11	24	45	42	5	-	16	927	175	10	-	2867
2018	1173	95	14	22	11	20	25	28	-	-	14	791	145	10	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	60388	678	132	107	76	98	342	371	13	53	105	4975	1463	45	6853	75699

Values

• 1 newspapers

• 2 magazines

• 3 the internet

• 4 books/other printed material

• 5 tv

• 6 radio

• 7 government agencies

• 8 family

• 9 friends/colleagues

• 10 library

• 11 other

• 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