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The federal government has a lot of different pieces of information about people which computers can bring together very quickly. Is this a very serious threat to individual privacy, a fairly serious threat, not a serious threat, or not a threat at all to individual privacy?
Government computer data as a threat to privacy · Asked in 3 waves, 1985–2006 · 3,527 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Very serious threat | Fairly serious | Not serious | Not a threat at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,332 |
| General Social Survey 1985 | 1985-02-09 to 1985-04-23 | face to face | 1,534 | 677 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 25% |
| 40% |
| 27% |
| 8% |
| 1518 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 34% | 35% | 19% | 12% | 249 | ±7 |
| High school | 26% | 42% | 25% | 7% | 492 | ±5 |
| Some college | 23% | 42% | 30% | 4% | 403 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 19% | 40% | 29% | 11% | 239 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 22% | 33% | 40% | 5% | 132 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2006 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.