Improving nations education system

nateduc

Source

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

Details

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)? G. Improving the nation's education system

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

Overview

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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	-	734	565	135	65	5	-	1504
1974	-	747	545	126	56	10	-	1484
1975	-	728	525	167	67	3	-	1490
1976	-	751	557	141	46	4	-	1499
1977	-	727	594	148	58	3	-	1530
1978	-	790	515	167	58	2	-	1532
1980	-	771	484	149	59	5	-	1468
1982	-	1116	542	134	64	4	-	1860
1983	-	956	495	93	49	6	-	1599
1984	983	307	152	16	8	7	-	1473
1985	783	451	234	39	22	5	-	1534
1986	740	439	236	30	21	4	-	1470
1987	1216	388	170	27	16	2	-	1819
1988	763	454	208	26	23	7	-	1481
1989	769	514	205	22	24	3	-	1537
1990	698	478	156	20	17	3	-	1372
1991	761	503	185	39	19	10	-	1517
1993	807	532	196	46	20	5	-	1606
1994	1484	1064	324	88	27	5	-	2992
1996	1463	984	329	89	37	2	-	2904
1998	1451	962	306	87	25	1	-	2832
2000	1408	994	321	66	26	2	-	2817
2002	1407	992	278	73	13	2	-	2765
2004	1411	1001	310	72	17	1	-	2812
2006	3026	1075	310	77	21	1	-	4510
2008	1019	707	232	54	10	1	-	2023
2010	1030	721	226	53	12	2	-	2044
2012	976	733	174	78	11	2	-	1974
2014	1264	894	277	75	27	1	-	2538
2016	1430	1025	310	86	15	1	-	2867
2018	1160	885	222	68	13	-	-	2348
2021	2045	1439	384	153	4	-	7	4032
2022	1764	1321	324	117	12	2	4	3544
2024	1626	1270	281	111	14	2	5	3309
Total	31484	27453	11172	2872	976	113	16	74086