Foreign aid

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

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Question We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. First (READ ITEM A) . . . are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? J. Foreign aid

Values

[1] too little
[2] about right
[3] too much
[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	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Full	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

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Counts by year:

year	iap	too little	about right	too much	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	-	63	302	1056	82	1	-	1504
1974	-	45	258	1119	59	3	-	1484
1975	-	81	247	1088	73	1	-	1490
1976	-	44	268	1126	56	5	-	1499
1977	-	52	359	1010	106	3	-	1530
1978	-	59	366	1019	88	-	-	1532
1980	-	75	290	1024	77	2	-	1468
1982	-	118	326	1313	95	8	-	1860
1983	-	62	272	1175	86	4	-	1599
1984	983	21	100	341	24	4	-	1473
1985	783	49	182	487	27	6	-	1534
1986	740	45	140	513	28	4	-	1470
1987	1216	48	116	409	25	5	-	1819
1988	763	36	158	485	36	3	-	1481
1989	769	34	164	517	47	6	-	1537
1990	698	36	158	446	31	3	-	1372
1991	761	30	143	544	30	9	-	1517
1993	807	39	165	555	36	4	-	1606
1994	1484	64	303	1077	59	5	-	2992
1996	1463	60	309	984	85	3	-	2904
1998	1451	92	372	833	81	3	-	2832
2000	1408	114	398	799	94	4	-	2817
2002	1407	88	365	860	42	3	-	2765
2004	1411	132	344	872	51	2	-	2812
2006	3026	163	358	904	54	5	-	4510
2008	1019	117	261	556	68	2	-	2023
2010	1030	88	305	580	39	2	-	2044
2012	976	79	257	594	65	3	-	1974
2014	1264	89	345	775	64	1	-	2538
2016	1430	149	452	744	86	6	-	2867
2018	1160	183	394	512	97	2	-	2348
2021	2045	177	686	1106	6	-	12	4032
2022	1764	209	514	979	70	3	5	3544
2024	1626	160	453	1004	60	3	3	3309
Total	31484	2901	10130	27406	2027	118	20	74086

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