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Is it just or unjust - right or wrong - that people with higher incomes can: B. Buy better education for their children than people with lower incomes?
Fairness of the rich buying better education · Asked in 2 waves, 2000–2021 · 3,275 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 | Very just, definitely right | Somewhat just, right | Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings | Somewhat unjust, wrong | Very unjust, definitely wrong | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 1,272 |
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.
| All respondents |
| 8% |
| 15% |
| 23% |
| 22% |
| 33% |
| 2003 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 5% | 10% | 16% | 26% | 44% | 673 | ±5 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 8% | 14% | 25% | 24% | 30% | 812 | ±4 |
| Republicans | 11% | 24% | 31% | 13% | 20% | 449 | ±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.