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Some people feel the government in Washington should see to it that every person has a job and a good standard of living. Others think the government should just let each person get ahead on his (1988: their) own. Where would you place what the Federal Government is doing at the present time? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
Federal government's current stance on guaranteed jobs and living · Asked in 5 waves, 1980–1992 · 9,627 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 0 (dk), 8 (dk), 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: In all years, if R replied DK or ‘haven’t thought much about it’ in rating self on this same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this question.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Government see to job and good standard of living |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923723. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,300 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880327. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,039 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840419. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,256 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820434. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V801123. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
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| All respondents | 2% | 5% | 11% | 28% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 2300 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school | 8% | 8% | 11% | 24% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 433 | ±5 | |
| High school | 2% | 6% | 10% | 28% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 749 | ±4 | |
| Some college | 1% | 4% | 11% | 27% | 23% | 18% | 16% | 532 | ±4 | |
| Bachelor's | 2% | 4% | 14% | 32% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 356 | ±5 | |
| Postgraduate | 1% | 5% | 8% | 29% | 25% | 26% | 4% | 171 | ±8 |
ANES 1992 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.