{
  "alt": "Table with one row for each of the six speakers, giving the survey item wording, the side expected to object to the speaker in this chapter's coding, the GSS variable name and the first and last survey year in which the item was asked.",
  "caption": "Read the last two columns for the years each item was asked: the militarist and homosexual man items end in 2021, the Muslim clergyman item begins in 2008, and the racist, Communist, anti-religionist and Muslim clergyman items run through 2024. The racist and Muslim clergyman items describe the speech itself, so their levels are not comparable with the other four. Each item asks whether the speaker should be allowed to speak in the respondent's community; the library and college-teaching items use the same six speakers.",
  "data": [
    {
      "first_year": 1976,
      "gss_item": "spkrac",
      "last_year": 2024,
      "objectionable_to": "Liberals",
      "speaker": "Racist",
      "wording": "A person who believes that Blacks are genetically inferior"
    },
    {
      "first_year": 1976,
      "gss_item": "spkmil",
      "last_year": 2021,
      "objectionable_to": "Liberals",
      "speaker": "Militarist",
      "wording": "A person who advocates doing away with elections and letting the military run the country"
    },
    {
      "first_year": 1972,
      "gss_item": "spkcom",
      "last_year": 2024,
      "objectionable_to": "Conservatives",
      "speaker": "Communist",
      "wording": "A man who admits he is a Communist"
    },
    {
      "first_year": 1972,
      "gss_item": "spkath",
      "last_year": 2024,
      "objectionable_to": "Conservatives",
      "speaker": "Anti-religionist",
      "wording": "Someone who is against all churches and religion"
    },
    {
      "first_year": 1973,
      "gss_item": "spkhomo",
      "last_year": 2021,
      "objectionable_to": "Conservatives",
      "speaker": "Homosexual man",
      "wording": "A man who admits that he is a homosexual"
    },
    {
      "first_year": 2008,
      "gss_item": "spkmslm",
      "last_year": 2024,
      "objectionable_to": "Conservatives",
      "speaker": "Muslim clergyman",
      "wording": "A Muslim clergyman who preaches hatred of the United States"
    }
  ],
  "id": "speaker_items",
  "source": "General Social Survey, 1972-2024 cumulative file; item wording and years asked, so no estimates and no weights needed",
  "spec": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "key": "speaker",
        "label": "Speaker"
      },
      {
        "key": "wording",
        "label": "Item wording"
      },
      {
        "key": "objectionable_to",
        "label": "Expected to object"
      },
      {
        "key": "gss_item",
        "label": "GSS variable"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 0
        },
        "key": "first_year",
        "label": "First asked"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 0
        },
        "key": "last_year",
        "label": "Last asked"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitle": "Item wording, the side expected to object to each speaker in this chapter's coding, GSS variable and first and last survey year",
  "title": "The six speaker items began between 1972 and 2008, and the militarist and homosexual man items ended in 2021",
  "type": "table",
  "width": "wide"
}