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Should the government cut debt?

Source: R/gss_vars_448.R
cutdebt.Rd

cutdebt

Source

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

Details

Question Suppose the level of taxation in America stays the same as it is now. Should the government... Please CHECK ONE BOX ONLY.

Values

  • [1] spend on social programs like health

  • [2] spend less than now on social programs

  • [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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapspend on social programs like healthspend less than now on social programscan't chooseno answerTotal
19961572685400209382904
Total1572685400209382904

See also

Other ISSP Role of Gov't: cctv, emonitor, govtinfo, helpcrim, helpemp, helpenv, helphlth, helpold, helpsec