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Do you agree or disagree? F. The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Government should provide for the unemployed · Asked in 2 waves, 1987–2021 · 3,567 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,003 |
| General Social Survey 1987 | 1987-01-31 to 1987-04-28 | face to face | 1,819 | 1,564 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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.
| 18% |
| 29% |
| 24% |
| 19% |
| 9% |
| 2003 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 14% | 35% | 32% | 18% | 1% | 113 | ±11 |
| High school | 22% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 10% | 450 | ±5 |
| Some college | 15% | 31% | 23% | 19% | 11% | 550 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 19% | 30% | 21% | 21% | 9% | 519 | ±5 |
| Postgraduate | 22% | 29% | 29% | 14% | 7% | 363 | ±6 |
General Social Survey 2021 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.