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Whether parents of a child like the vignette child should be forced by law to give the child prescription medication to control behavior (yes/no), asked in 2002 and 2024.
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Latest: 11% answered “Yes, should be forced by law” in GSS: Forcing parents to give child prescribed medication, 2024.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: Force parents by law to give child prescription medication | Force parents by law to give child prescription medication B. Do you think that parents of children like (John/Mary) should be forced by law to take a prescription medication to control (his/her) behavior? Caveat: Vignette child details may differ across years; wording says parents 'take' medication. | identical | Yes → Yes, should be forced by law; No → No, should not be forced by law |
| GSS: Forcing parents to give child prescribed medication | Forcing parents to give child prescribed medication Do you think that parents of children like (VIGNAME) should be forced by law to take a prescription medication to control (VAR62 3/4) behavior? Caveat: Vignette name/pronoun fills differ by version; same yes/no scale. | equivalent | Yes → Yes, should be forced by law; No → No, should not be forced by law |