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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 311. Look at card BE. In general, some people think that it is the responsibility of the government in Washington to see to it that people have help in paying for doctors and hospital bills; they are at point 1. Others think that these matters are not the responsibility of the federal government and that people should take care of these things themselves; they are at point 5. a. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 2 | 4 | agree with both | don't know | government should help | no answer | people should care for themselves | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 188 | 115 | 423 | 31 | 532 | 6 | 195 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 300 | 162 | 504 | 53 | 413 | 6 | 161 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 269 | 176 | 506 | 40 | 347 | 24 | 111 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 292 | 164 | 462 | 36 | 416 | 7 | 93 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 353 | 141 | 610 | 39 | 549 | 6 | 121 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 214 | 85 | 345 | 21 | 264 | 4 | 64 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 231 | 78 | 310 | 21 | 314 | 4 | 77 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 229 | 67 | 270 | 26 | 266 | 2 | 39 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 250 | 93 | 271 | 20 | 321 | 4 | 58 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 234 | 98 | 332 | 23 | 297 | 8 | 65 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 420 | 217 | 620 | 53 | 503 | 13 | 185 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 403 | 198 | 622 | 51 | 518 | 7 | 126 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 423 | 185 | 610 | 56 | 473 | 6 | 158 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 402 | 194 | 586 | 57 | 539 | 9 | 109 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 175 | 65 | 308 | 13 | 287 | 1 | 63 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 175 | 66 | 274 | 11 | 280 | 1 | 69 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 367 | 166 | 634 | 25 | 665 | - | 132 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 252 | 125 | 384 | 32 | 471 | 2 | 99 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 224 | 142 | 422 | 45 | 402 | 6 | 136 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 228 | 153 | 410 | 39 | 384 | 2 | 122 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 311 | 175 | 533 | 46 | 412 | 1 | 209 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 913 | 364 | 190 | 599 | 55 | 587 | 3 | 156 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 306 | 129 | 448 | 33 | 528 | 2 | 117 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1377 | 471 | 227 | 793 | 4 | 917 | 1 | 219 | 23 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1174 | 381 | 140 | 687 | 33 | 949 | 4 | 166 | 10 | 3544 |
| Total | 33705 | 7462 | 3551 | 11963 | 863 | 11634 | 129 | 3050 | 33 | 72390 |
1 government should help
3 agree with both
5 people should care for themselves
NA(d) don't know
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