Will take medicine because intense fear

usepsyc4

Source

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

Details

Question How likely would you be to take doctor-prescribed psychiatric medication in the following situations? D. ...for no apparent reason, you were having periods of intense fear in which you were trembling, sweating, feeling dizzy, and feared losing control or going crazy.

Values

[1] very likely
[2] somewhat likely
[3] mixed
[4] somewht unlikely
[5] very unlikely
[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

ballots	years
A/B/C	1998, 2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for usepsyc4.

Counts by year:

year	iap	very likely	somewhat likely	mixed	somewht unlikely	very unlikely	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1998	1445	351	391	182	135	267	58	3	-	2832
2006	3073	505	384	178	116	205	35	14	-	4510
Total	4518	856	775	360	251	472	93	17	0	7342