Immigrants eligible for govt assistance?

immfare

Source

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

Details

Question Under current law, immigrants who come from other countries to the United States legally are entitled, from the very beginning, to government assistance such as Medicaid, food stamps, or welfare on the same basis as citizens. But some people say they should not be eligible until they have lived here for a year or more. Which do you think? Do you think that immigrants who are here legally should be eligible for such services as soon as they come, or should they not be eligible?

Values

[1] eligible
[2] not eligible
[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
A/B/C	1994

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	eligible	not eligible	don't know	no answer	Total
1994	1518	466	935	66	7	2992
Total	1518	466	935	66	7	2992