GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

To the best of your knowledge, which of the following best describes 
how your most recent sexual partner thinks of themselves?

To the best of your knowledge, was your most recent sexual partners 
sex recorded as male or female at birth?

To the best of your knowledge, does your most recent sexual partner 
describe themselves as male, female, or transgender?

Do the police treat Whites better than Black people, treat both the 
same, or treat Black people better than Whites?

In general, do the police treat Whites better than Latinos, treat 
both the same, or treak Latinos better than Whites?

Favor or oppose reducing funding for police and instead funding 
social services

Favor strenghtening law and order vs. reducing bias in the criminal 
justice system

Which do you think should be the bigger priority for the U.S. 
criminal justice system today?

How much, if at all, do you think the legacy of slavery affects the 
position of black people in American society today?

Here are some institutions in this country. As far as the people 
running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a 
great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any 
confidence at all in them?

Pharmaceutical companies working to create safe vaccines to protect 
the public against serious diseases

Here are some institutions in this country. As far as the people 
running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a 
great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any 
confidence at all in them?

Pharmaceutical companies working to create safe vaccines to protect 
the public against COVID-19

Here are some institutions in this country. As far as the people 
running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a 
great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any 
confidence at all in them?

The federal government ensuring the safety of vaccines to protect the 
public against serious diseases

Here are some institutions in this country. As far as the people 
running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a 
great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any 
confidence at all in them?

The federal government ensuring the safety of vaccines to protect the 
public against COVID-19

There are always some people whose ideas are considered bad or 
dangerous by other people. For instance, somebody who is against all 
churches and religion...

If such a person wanted to make a speech in your community against 
churches and religion, should this person be allowed to speak, or 
not?

(There are always some people whose ideas are considered bad or 
dangerous by other people. For instance, somebody who is against all 
churches and religion)
If some people in your community suggested that a book this person 
wrote against churches and religion should be taken out of your 
public library, would you favor removing this book, or not?

Or consider a person who believes that Black people are genetically 
inferior If such a person wanted to make a speech in your community 
claiming that Black people are inferior, should this person be 
allowed to speak, or not?

(Or consider a person who believes that Black people are genetically 
inferior)If some people in your community suggested that a book this 
person wrote which said Black people are inferior should be taken out 
of your public library, would you favor removing this book, or not?

Now, we would like to ask you some questions about a self-identified 
Communist. Suppose this admitted Communist wanted to make a speech in 
your community. Should this person be allowed to speak, or not?

(Now, we would like to ask you some questions about a self-identified 
Communist...) Suppose this person is teaching in a college. Should 
this person be fired, or not?

(Now, we would like to ask you some questions about a self-identified 
Communist)
Suppose this person wrote a book which is in your public library. 
Somebody in your community suggests that the book should be removed 
from the library. Would you favor removing it, or not?

Consider a person who advocates doing away with elections and letting 
the military run the country. If such a person wanted to make a 
speech in your community, should this person be allowed to speak, or 
not?

Suppose this person wrote a book advocating doing away with elections 
and letting the military run the country. Somebody in your community 
suggests that the book be removed from the public library. Would you 
favor removing it, or not?

And what about a gay person? Suppose this gay person wanted to make a 
speech in your community. Should this person be allowed to speak, or 
not?

If somebody in your community suggests that a book the gay person 
wrote in favor of homosexuality should be taken out of your public 
library, would you favor  removing it, or not?

Now consider a Islamic religious leader who preaches hatred of the 
United States. If such a person wanted to make a speech in your 
community preaching hatred of the United States, should this person 
be allowed to speak, or not?

(Now consider a Islamic religious leader who preaches hatred of the 
United States)
If some people in your community suggested that a book this person 
wrote which preaches hatred of the United States should be taken out 
of your public library, would you favor removing this book, or not?