equalize
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Question On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to . . . G. Reduce income differences between the rich and poor.
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 |
| 1985 | 857 | 106 | 126 | 160 | 210 | 60 | 15 | - | 1534 |
| 1990 | 155 | 186 | 304 | 330 | 283 | 72 | 42 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 158 | 262 | 329 | 319 | 317 | 99 | 33 | - | 1517 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 206 | 363 | 314 | 304 | 85 | 60 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1548 | 216 | 332 | 299 | 321 | 97 | 19 | - | 2832 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 423 | 349 | 394 | 311 | 40 | 1 | - | 4510 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 366 | 382 | 338 | 252 | 38 | 14 | - | 2867 |
| Total | 8759 | 1765 | 2185 | 2154 | 1998 | 491 | 184 | 0 | 17536 |