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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1256. Do you agree or disagree: b. t is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes.
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | agree | can't choose | disagree | neither agree nor disagree | no answer | strongly agree | strongly disagree | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 255 | 360 | 49 | 490 | 347 | 31 | 126 | 161 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 49 | 364 | 37 | 456 | 311 | 46 | 103 | 240 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1606 | 298 | 43 | 415 | 246 | 54 | 68 | 262 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 259 | 42 | 303 | 309 | 26 | 153 | 240 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 269 | 562 | 77 | 595 | 592 | 136 | 236 | 350 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 982 | 283 | 12 | 306 | 210 | 3 | 101 | 126 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 322 | 55 | 432 | 244 | 5 | 93 | 279 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1175 | 266 | 26 | 355 | 265 | 2 | 110 | 149 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2003 | 434 | 65 | 387 | 471 | 147 | 190 | 324 | 11 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 58330 | 3148 | 406 | 3739 | 2995 | 450 | 1180 | 2131 | 11 | 72390 |
1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 neither agree nor disagree
4 disagree
5 strongly disagree
NA(d) can't choose
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook