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taxshare

Source

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

Details

Question Do you think that people with high incomes should pay a larger share of their income in taxes than those with low incomes, the same share, or a smaller share . . .

Values

  • [1] much larger share

  • [2] larger

  • [3] the same share

  • [4] smaller

  • [5] much smaller share

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2000
B/C/-2008, 2021
Full1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapmuch larger sharelargerthe same sharesmallermuch smaller sharecan't chooseno answerskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
19872553476484282478822--1819
2000154526050238416114950--2817
2008982196421380155186--2023
20212029512760432321210114410-4032
Total4811131523311624873525622210010691

See also

Other ISSP Social Inequality: conclass, conjobs, consoc, conunion, conurban, conwlth, taxmid, taxpoor, taxrich

Other Taxes: taxmid, taxpoor, taxrich