How important to keep watch on action of govt

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Source

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

Details

Question There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not at all important and 7 is very important, how important is it… D. To keep watch on the actions of government

Values

[1] not at all important
[7] very important
[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/C	2004, 2014

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	not at all important	2	3	4	5	6	very important	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	skipped on web	Total
2004	1340	19	12	29	100	211	246	838	14	3	-	-	2812
2014	1274	24	8	27	77	129	221	744	33	1	-	-	2538
Total	2614	43	20	56	177	340	467	1582	47	4	0	0	5350