aidunemp
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Question On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to . . . F. Provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
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
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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 |
| 1985 | 857 | 98 | 217 | 206 | 104 | 39 | 13 | - | 1534 |
| 1989 | 84 | 243 | 511 | 344 | 219 | 95 | 41 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 155 | 154 | 433 | 378 | 145 | 67 | 40 | - | 1372 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 153 | 418 | 396 | 230 | 76 | 59 | - | 2904 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 237 | 532 | 512 | 199 | 37 | 1 | - | 4510 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 217 | 541 | 442 | 139 | 37 | 14 | - | 2867 |
| Total | 7137 | 1102 | 2652 | 2278 | 1036 | 351 | 168 | 0 | 14724 |