Ever receive welfare, unemp insur, etc.

govaid

Source

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

Details

Question Did you ever–because of sickness, unemployment, or any other reason–receive anything like welfare, unemployment insurance, or other aid from government agencies?

Values

[1] yes
[2] no
[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
-	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	yes	no	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1973	-	502	1001	1	-	-	1504
1974	-	481	999	2	2	-	1484
1975	-	511	978	-	1	-	1490
1976	-	518	980	-	1	-	1499
1977	-	582	947	1	-	-	1530
1978	-	570	959	3	-	-	1532
1980	-	547	916	5	-	-	1468
1983	-	614	980	3	2	-	1599
Total	0	4325	7760	15	6	0	12106