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Question On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to . . . A. Provide a job for everyone who wants one.
Values
[1]definitely should be[2]probably should be[3]probably should not be[4]definitely should not be[NA(d)]can't choose[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
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | definitely should be | probably should be | probably should not be | definitely should not be | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1985 | 857 | 88 | 134 | 214 | 202 | 29 | 10 | - | 1534 |
| 1989 | 84 | 239 | 388 | 384 | 312 | 86 | 44 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 155 | 178 | 312 | 375 | 253 | 55 | 44 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 158 | 242 | 330 | 333 | 362 | 71 | 21 | - | 1517 |
| 1996 | 1572 | 167 | 317 | 400 | 343 | 48 | 57 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1548 | 152 | 299 | 322 | 414 | 84 | 13 | - | 2832 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 239 | 356 | 521 | 388 | 14 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2016 | 1477 | 162 | 333 | 479 | 390 | 17 | 9 | - | 2867 |
| Total | 8843 | 1467 | 2469 | 3028 | 2664 | 404 | 198 | 0 | 19073 |