Helps people overcome difficult times

welfare2

Source

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

Details

Question Here are some opinions other people have expressed about welfare. For each of the following statements, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. Welfare . . . (READ EACH STATEMENT. CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH.) B. Helps people get on their feet when facing difficult situations such as unemployment, a divorce or a death in the family.

Values

1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 disagree
4 strongly disagree
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

year	ballots	availability
1986	-	full

Link at the GSS

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for welfare2.