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Question 1251. The way things are in America, people like me and my family have a good chance of improving our standard of living. Do you agree or disagree?
Overview
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Counts by year:
year | iap | agree | can't choose | disagree | neither agree nor disagree | no answer | strongly agree | strongly disagree | 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 | 255 | 791 | 29 | 135 | 271 | 26 | 282 | 30 | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 1492 | 757 | 27 | 317 | 176 | 6 | 163 | 54 | - | 2992 |
1996 | 979 | 973 | 25 | 388 | 211 | 5 | 251 | 72 | - | 2904 |
1998 | 921 | 1040 | 30 | 229 | 211 | 1 | 350 | 50 | - | 2832 |
2000 | 921 | 1003 | 14 | 217 | 171 | 5 | 439 | 47 | - | 2817 |
2002 | 1853 | 447 | 3 | 118 | 96 | - | 231 | 17 | - | 2765 |
2004 | 1936 | 423 | 2 | 144 | 118 | 1 | 158 | 30 | - | 2812 |
2006 | 2521 | 931 | 10 | 275 | 303 | - | 413 | 57 | - | 4510 |
2008 | 658 | 572 | 10 | 323 | 203 | - | 206 | 51 | - | 2023 |
2010 | 667 | 611 | 7 | 300 | 227 | 2 | 178 | 52 | - | 2044 |
2012 | 636 | 549 | 6 | 306 | 224 | - | 182 | 71 | - | 1974 |
2014 | 851 | 743 | 3 | 353 | 296 | 1 | 230 | 61 | - | 2538 |
2016 | 912 | 832 | 3 | 390 | 334 | 2 | 292 | 102 | - | 2867 |
2018 | 785 | 716 | 8 | 230 | 291 | 2 | 271 | 45 | - | 2348 |
2021 | 1360 | 944 | 2 | 526 | 750 | 1 | 290 | 154 | 5 | 4032 |
2022 | 1173 | 823 | 11 | 497 | 557 | 2 | 285 | 191 | 5 | 3544 |
2024 | 1116 | 727 | 11 | 495 | 535 | - | 222 | 196 | 7 | 3309 |
Total | 46605 | 12882 | 201 | 5243 | 4974 | 54 | 4443 | 1280 | 17 | 75699 |
Values
1
strongly agree2
agree3
neither agree nor disagree4
disagree5
strongly disagreeNA(d)
can't chooseNA(i)
iapNA(j)
I don't have a jobNA(m)
dk, na, iapNA(n)
no answerNA(p)
not imputableNA(r)
refusedNA(s)
skipped on webNA(u)
uncodeableNA(x)
not available in this releaseNA(y)
not available in this yearNA(z)
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