socsci
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1073. Please look at Card B20. How scientific are each of the following fields? If you have not heard of a particular field, just say you haven't heard of it a. Sociology
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | haven't heard of it (volunteered) | no answer | not scientific at all | not too scientific | pretty scientific | very scientific | 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 | 110 | 156 | 5 | 150 | 540 | 736 | 167 | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1477 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 34 | 154 | 188 | 46 | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70029 | 141 | 194 | 11 | 184 | 694 | 924 | 213 | 72390 |
1
very scientific
2
pretty scientific
3
not too scientific
4
not scientific at all
5
haven't heard of it (volunteered)
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(q)
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