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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1492. Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to... c. stop and search people in the street at random?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | can't choose | definitely should have right | definitely should not have right | probably should have right | probably should not have right | no answer | 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 | 2992 | 10 | 232 | 551 | 364 | 361 | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 1477 | 15 | 196 | 538 | 258 | 370 | 13 | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 69482 | 25 | 428 | 1089 | 622 | 731 | 13 | 72390 |
1
definitely should have right
2
probably should have right
3
probably should not have right
4
definitely should not have right
NA(d)
can't choose
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