Those in need have to take care of themselves

careself

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statements: B. Those in need have to learn to take care of themselves and not depend on others

Values

[1] strongly agree
[2] agree
[3] neither agree nor disagree
[4] disagree
[5] strongly disagree
[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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2002, 2004, 2014
A/C/-	2012

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for careself.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly agree	agree	neither agree nor disagree	disagree	strongly disagree	don't know	no answer	Total
2002	1393	175	552	319	254	52	13	7	2765
2004	1472	115	519	393	255	50	6	2	2812
2012	666	154	521	333	256	27	10	7	1974
2014	1264	156	519	303	240	46	3	7	2538
Total	4795	600	2111	1348	1005	175	32	23	10089