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Question 74b. Some people think that the income differences between the rich and the poor ought to be reduced, perhaps by raising the taxes of wealthy families or by giving income assistance to the poor. Others think that the government should not concern itself with reducing this income difference between the rich and the poor. Here is a card with a scale from 1 to 7. Think of a score of 1 as meaning that the government ought to reduce the income differences between rich and poor, and a score of 7 meaning that the government should not concern itself with reducing income differences. What score between 1 and 7 comes closest to the way you feel?
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Counts by year:
year | iap | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | don't know | govt reduce diff | no answer | no govt action | not available in this year | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 761 | 62 | 144 | 170 | 84 | 60 | 19 | 145 | 3 | 84 | - | 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 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 | 3544 |
2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3309 | 3309 |
Total | 68075 | 62 | 144 | 170 | 84 | 60 | 19 | 145 | 3 | 84 | 6853 | 75699 |