Question

Are respondents to the 2012 GSS generally satisfied that the government is doing enough to halt the rising crime rate (variable NATCRIME) and deal with drug addiction (variable NATDRUG)? (Hint: Consider the type and level of measurement for each variable before using either the Frequencies or Descriptives command to produce frequency tables and/ or descriptive statistics. For the variables NATCRIME and NATDRUG, values 0, 8, and 9 should be set to missing). This question must be in paragraph form and you must answer the question using the data and descriptives/categories of the two variables to answer appropriately

Statistics
		HALTING RISING CRIME RATE	DEALING WITH DRUG ADDICTION
N	Valid	732	715
	Missing	768	785

HALTING RISING CRIME RATE
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	TOO LITTLE	435	29.0	59.4	59.4
	ABOUT RIGHT	245	16.3	33.5	92.9
	TOO MUCH	52	3.5	7.1	100.0
	Total	732	48.8	100.0
Missing	IAP	742	49.5
	DK	26	1.7
	Total	768	51.2
Total		1500	100.0

DEALING WITH DRUG ADDICTION
		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	TOO LITTLE	411	27.4	57.5	57.5
	ABOUT RIGHT	217	14.5	30.3	87.8
	TOO MUCH	87	5.8	12.2	100.0
	Total	715	47.7	100.0
Missing	IAP	742	49.5
	DK	41	2.7
	NA	2	.1

Answer 1

From the descriptive statistics, we find that for

Halting rising crime rate - About 59.4 % of respondents feel the government is too little to stop the rising crime rate. On the other hand, 40% feel that the government is doing right in stopping the rising crime rate.

With regard to dealing with drug addiction about 57.5% of respondents fell that the government is doing too little to reduce drug addiction. While 42% fell that the government is doing sufficient to reduce drug addiction.

Hence one a whole about 58% of respondents are not satisfied with the government actions to halt the rise in crime and drug addiction.