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whypoor4

Source

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

Details

Question Now I will a list of reasons some people give to explain why there are poor people in this country. Please tell me whether you feel each of these is very important, somewhat important, or not important in explaining why there are poor people in this country. D. Lack of effort by the poor themselves

Values

  • [1] very important

  • [2] somewhat important

  • [3] not important

  • [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 whypoor4.

Counts by year:

yeariapvery importantsomewhat importantnot importantdon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
1990-620602115296-1372
Total062060211529601372

See also

Other Intergroup Relations: socdif1, socdif2, socdif3, socdif4, whypoor1, whypoor2, whypoor3, wlthjews, wlthwhts

Other Poverty: whypoor1, whypoor2, whypoor3