Should authorities have right to search ppl in the street

stoprndm

Source

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

Details

Question 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?

Values

[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(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	2016
D/-	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely should have right	probably should have right	probably should not have right	definitely should not have right	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	2992	232	364	361	551	10	-	-	4510
2016	1477	196	258	370	538	15	13	-	2867
Total	4469	428	622	731	1089	25	13	0	7377