Should health insurance be a government plan or paid for by individuals through private insurance?

Government vs. private health insurance scale · Asked in 16 waves, 1970–2024 · 43,498 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: -1 'Inapplicable (unlisted code)'. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 0 in 1972, 1984, 2000, 2008. Kept and flagged: 0 (no_answer), 9 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See also VCF0805. 2000 NOTE 1: This variable represents 7-point scale data from interviews conducted face-to-face. Respondents interviewed by telephone were asked a branching series and are not included. 2000 NOTE 2: Approximately half of the respondents were randomly selected to be administered this question with the introduction read with the endpoint options in reverse order [private option first] and the endpoint labels in the respondent booklet reversed. 2008 NOTE: This question was administered to a random half sample of respondents using verion ‘OLD’; the remaining respondents were administered an alternative version (version ‘NEW’).