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Give college aid to poor

Source: R/gss_vars_132.R
povcol.Rd

povcol

Source

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

Details

Question 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. (READ "A") -Would you say that you strongly favor it, favor it, neither favor nor oppose it, oppose, or strongly oppose it? C. Provide special college scholarships for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who maintaIn good grades.

Values

  • [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(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

ballotsyears
A/B/C1990

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapstrongly favorfavorneither favor nor opposeopposestrongly opposedon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
19906982563493712776-1372
Total698256349371277601372

See also

Other Intergroup Relations: blkcol, blkschs, blkzone, influblk, influjew, influwht, povschs, povzone, racquota

Other Poverty: blkcol, blkschs, blkzone, povschs, povzone

Other Split Ballots: blkcol, blkschs, blkzone, povschs, povzone