World image:man is good vs. corrupt

world4

Source

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

Details

Question 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? (HAND CARD AH) Look at the first set of contrasting images. If you think that "The world is basically filled with evil and sin," you would place yourself at 1. If you think "There is much goodness in the world which hints at God's goodness" you would place yourself at 7. If you think things are somewhere between these two you would place yourself at 2, 3,4, 5 or 6. (REPEAT EXAMPLE AS NECESSARY FOR EACH ITEM A-F) Where would you place your image of the world on the scale for . . .? (READ EACH SET AND CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH)

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/-	1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
A/B/C	1988, 1991, 1998
Full	1985, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for world4.

Counts by year:

year	iap	people are good	2	3	4	5	6	people are evil	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1985	-	417	316	269	264	86	46	104	6	26	-	1534
1987	-	393	314	319	429	139	50	141	-	34	-	1819
1988	-	310	301	255	370	92	43	87	5	18	-	1481
1989	531	216	217	179	235	57	31	53	1	17	-	1537
1990	444	165	193	169	262	63	34	32	2	8	-	1372
1991	158	194	277	257	298	120	60	70	2	81	-	1517
1994	1522	233	319	265	388	122	43	77	4	19	-	2992
1996	1913	168	182	199	243	91	35	65	2	6	-	2904
1998	1387	213	295	279	368	123	57	91	5	14	-	2832
Total	5955	2309	2414	2191	2857	893	399	720	27	223	0	17988