Should govt aid black people?

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Source

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

Details

Question 312. Now look at card BF. Some people think that (blacks/negroes/African-Americans) have been discriminated against for so long that the government has a special obligation to help improve their living standards; they are at point 1. Others believe that the government should not be giving special treatment to (blacks/negroes/African-Americans); they are at point 5. a. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	2	4	agree with both	don't know	government should help	no answer	no special treatment	skipped on web	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	-	126	179	311	40	240	2	592	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	-	151	322	406	66	120	7	527	-	1599
1984	-	137	248	439	51	136	23	439	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	-	140	260	420	39	120	4	487	-	1470
1987	-	204	279	519	46	278	8	485	-	1819
1988	484	99	172	285	30	74	4	333	-	1481
1989	502	97	190	278	36	90	2	342	-	1537
1990	-	138	220	452	46	139	3	374	-	1372
1991	500	113	189	311	32	104	4	264	-	1517
1993	549	105	217	333	30	75	7	290	-	1606
1994	981	146	465	584	60	164	11	581	-	2992
1996	979	163	443	552	63	155	10	539	-	2904
1998	921	194	399	591	70	124	7	526	-	2832
2000	921	173	361	598	81	176	15	492	-	2817
2002	1853	72	177	282	20	76	2	283	-	2765
2004	1936	62	158	278	12	66	5	295	-	2812
2006	2521	147	365	662	37	209	4	565	-	4510
2008	658	107	253	440	50	125	7	383	-	2023
2010	667	115	266	405	49	124	6	412	-	2044
2012	636	117	231	394	47	93	9	447	-	1974
2014	851	145	293	505	58	150	7	529	-	2538
2016	913	220	371	608	72	246	7	430	-	2867
2018	785	188	253	507	61	235	9	310	-	2348
2021	1382	407	315	679	11	560	3	641	34	4032
2022	1174	287	256	707	60	498	13	535	14	3544
2024	1116	244	240	676	52	410	12	537	22	3309
Total	34353	4097	7122	12222	1219	4787	191	11638	70	75699

Values

• 1 government should help

• 3 agree with both

• 5 no special treatment

• 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