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Question 729. Please tell me which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion about the Social Security program: 1. The Social Security program has no serious problems, certainly none that require changing the current system. 2. Social Security has minor problems that can be fixed with minor changes to the current system. 3. Social Security's problems are serious and can be fixed only with the major changes to the current system. 4. Social Security's problems are so bad that the current system should be replaced.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | be replaced | don't know | minor probs | no answer | no problems | serious prob | 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 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 1445 | 218 | 80 | 304 | 7 | 64 | 714 | 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 | 71003 | 218 | 80 | 304 | 7 | 64 | 714 | 72390 |
1 no problems
2 minor probs
3 serious prob
4 be replaced
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