Should govt improve standard of living?

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Source

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

Details

Question 309. I'd like to talk with you about issues some people tell us are important. Please look at card BC. Some people think that the government in Washington should do everything possible to improve the standard of living of all poor Americans; they are at point 1 on this card. Other people think itis not the government's responsibility, and that each person should take care of himself; 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	people should care for themselves	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	-	147	155	518	42	434	194	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	-	236	215	631	63	268	180	6	-	1599
1984	-	160	207	666	53	253	123	11	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	-	181	168	657	36	267	157	4	-	1470
1987	-	220	215	757	46	395	175	11	-	1819
1988	484	127	118	441	24	171	114	2	-	1481
1989	502	154	141	445	34	170	89	2	-	1537
1990	473	134	111	387	23	168	75	1	-	1372
1991	500	164	132	435	29	171	82	4	-	1517
1993	549	142	145	501	25	131	109	4	-	1606
1994	981	268	318	870	58	252	232	13	-	2992
1996	979	231	297	871	67	248	204	7	-	2904
1998	921	240	316	818	62	239	230	6	-	2832
2000	921	237	309	786	65	263	227	9	-	2817
2002	1853	95	115	420	23	154	104	1	-	2765
2004	1936	87	124	410	11	148	96	-	-	2812
2006	2521	204	261	915	30	369	209	1	-	4510
2008	658	168	187	568	31	267	143	1	-	2023
2010	667	151	198	597	32	226	168	5	-	2044
2012	636	145	181	580	40	212	176	4	-	1974
2014	851	210	241	695	48	273	219	1	-	2538
2016	913	281	287	802	61	345	172	6	-	2867
2018	785	220	186	692	44	261	160	-	-	2348
2021	1373	335	327	1035	10	675	261	-	16	4032
2022	1174	270	236	922	34	652	242	7	7	3544
2024	1116	247	194	913	44	577	198	4	16	3309
Total	34817	5054	5384	17332	1035	7589	4339	110	39	75699

Values

• 1 government should help

• 3 agree with both

• 5 people should care for themselves

• 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