aidcol
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Question On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to . . . H. Give financial assistance to college students from low-income families.
Values
[1]definitely should be[2]probably should be[3]probably should not be[4]definitely should not be[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(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
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | definitely should be | probably should be | probably should not be | definitely should not be | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1990 | 155 | 347 | 638 | 107 | 34 | 49 | 42 | - | 1372 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 428 | 624 | 134 | 47 | 44 | 55 | - | 2904 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 832 | 559 | 85 | 36 | 6 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 624 | 583 | 114 | 42 | 15 | 12 | - | 2867 |
| Total | 6196 | 2231 | 2404 | 440 | 159 | 114 | 109 | 0 | 11653 |