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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1038a. Would you say that the balance has been strongly in favor of the benefits, or only slightly?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | no answer | slightly in favor | strongly in favor | 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 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 3225 | 23 | 1 | 390 | 871 | - | 4510 |
2008 | 1003 | 15 | 5 | 382 | 618 | - | 2023 |
2010 | 1575 | 16 | 7 | 144 | 302 | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1255 | 16 | 11 | 187 | 505 | - | 1974 |
2014 | 1703 | 11 | 1 | 303 | 520 | - | 2538 |
2016 | 1852 | 17 | 8 | 369 | 621 | - | 2867 |
2018 | 1478 | 10 | 9 | 320 | 531 | - | 2348 |
2021 | 2932 | 3 | 22 | 249 | 824 | 2 | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 65077 | 111 | 64 | 2344 | 4792 | 2 | 72390 |
1
strongly in favor
2
slightly in favor
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