Why short breath at the top of a mountain

upbreath

Source

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

Details

Question For which reason may people experience shortness of breath more quickly at the top of a mountain than along a seashore?

Values

• 1 a slower pulse rate

• 2 a greater gravitational force on the body

• 3 a lower percent of oxygen in the blood

• 4 a faster heartbeat

• 5 a slower circulation of blood

• 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
2008	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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

See also

Other Science Knowledge & Attitudes: daynight, fishexp1, fishexp2, genes, gills, morempg, polnuke, seesand, weighing