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World image:man is good vs. corrupt

Source: R/gss_vars_43.R
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world4

Source

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

Details

Question 121. People have different images of the world and human nature. We'd like to know the kinds of images you have. Here is a card with sets of contrasting images. On a scale of 1-7 where would you place your image of the world and human nature between the two contrasting images? d. 1. Human nature is basically good. 7. Human nature is fundamentally perverse and corrupt.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yeariap23456don't knowno answerpeople are evilpeople are goodnot available in this yearTotal
19721613----------1613
19731504----------1504
19741484----------1484
19751490----------1490
19761499----------1499
19771530----------1530
19781532----------1532
19801468----------1468
19821860----------1860
19831599----------1599
19841473----------1473
1985-3162692648646626104417-1534
19861470----------1470
1987-31431942913950-34141393-1819
1988-301255370924351887310-1481
1989531217179235573111753216-1537
199044419316926263342832165-1372
19911582772572981206028170194-1517
19931606----------1606
199415223192653881224341977233-2992
1996191318219924391352665168-2904
199813872952793681235751491213-2832
20002817----------2817
20022765----------2765
20042812----------2812
20064510----------4510
20082023----------2023
20102044----------2044
20121974----------1974
20142538----------2538
20162867----------2867
20182348----------2348
20214032----------4032
2022----------35443544
2024----------33093309
Total56813241421912857893399272237202309685375699

Values

  • 1 people are good

  • 7 people are evil

  • 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