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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 407. Here are several things that the government in Washington might do to deal with the problems of poverty and unemployment. I would like you to tell me if you favor or oppose them. c. Provide special college scholarships for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who maintain good grades.
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Counts by year:
year | iap | don't know | favor | neither favor nor oppose | no answer | oppose | strongly favor | strongly oppose | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 698 | 7 | 349 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 256 | 7 | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 71716 | 7 | 349 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 256 | 7 | 72390 |
1
strongly favor
2
favor
3
neither favor nor oppose
4
oppose
5
strongly oppose
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(q)
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