Govt spending on unemployment benefits

spunemp

Source

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

Details

Question Listed below are various areas of government spending. Please indicate whether you would like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say "much more," it might require a tax increase to pay for it. G. Unemployment benefits.

Values

[1] spend much more
[2] spend more
[3] spend same
[4] spend less
[5] spend much less
[NA(d)] can't choose [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/-	2016
A/B/C	1990, 1996
D/-/-	2006
Full	1985

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	spend much more	spend more	spend same	spend less	spend much less	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1985	857	51	118	316	109	48	20	15	-	1534
1990	155	81	227	578	171	68	53	39	-	1372
1996	1572	91	266	631	204	68	34	38	-	2904
2006	2992	170	380	731	181	27	28	1	-	4510
2016	1477	97	325	639	257	41	20	11	-	2867
Total	7053	490	1316	2895	922	252	155	104	0	13187