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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 69. We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. g. Education
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | about right | don't know | no answer | too little | too much | 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 | 974 | 133 | 8 | 11 | 311 | 36 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 751 | 202 | 15 | 2 | 510 | 54 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 730 | 197 | 12 | 8 | 486 | 37 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 603 | 307 | 28 | 14 | 811 | 56 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 718 | 191 | 12 | 8 | 517 | 35 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 768 | 175 | 8 | 7 | 551 | 28 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 674 | 149 | 16 | 14 | 497 | 22 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 756 | 175 | 17 | 15 | 523 | 31 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 799 | 178 | 15 | 13 | 562 | 39 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1508 | 313 | 16 | 36 | 1048 | 71 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1441 | 262 | 20 | 59 | 1053 | 69 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1381 | 274 | 25 | 8 | 1058 | 86 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 1409 | 273 | 17 | 3 | 1053 | 62 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1358 | 252 | 15 | 2 | 1072 | 66 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1401 | 239 | 10 | 1 | 1089 | 72 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3002 | 281 | 21 | - | 1111 | 95 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1004 | 196 | 11 | - | 756 | 56 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1014 | 190 | 6 | 1 | 780 | 53 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 998 | 167 | 11 | - | 727 | 71 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1274 | 220 | 18 | - | 932 | 94 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 1437 | 257 | 12 | - | 1060 | 101 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1188 | 181 | 9 | - | 904 | 66 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1987 | 346 | 4 | - | 1532 | 153 | 10 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1780 | 277 | 7 | - | 1357 | 121 | 2 | 3544 |
| Total | 44534 | 5435 | 333 | 202 | 20300 | 1574 | 12 | 72390 |
1 too little
2 about right
3 too much
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