The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Government Guaranteed Job and Standard of Living (2), 7 point scale 1972 -2016

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Data Table

  '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08 '10 '12 '14 '16
Govt. See to Job/Living 1 13
(316)		 12
(295)		 11
(319)		 7
(156)		 10
(136)		 9
(133)		 10
(230)		 10
(111)		 9
(181)		 11
(212)		 8
(210)		 10
(179)		 8
(140)		 12
(157)		 8
(75)		 ** 12
(142)		 ** 9
(107)		 ** 8
(479)		 ** 9
(388)
2 6
(136)		 5
(116)		 5
(142)		 3
(73)		 7
(95)		 6
(90)		 7
(162)		 6
(66)		 6
(127)		 8
(160)		 8
(187)		 7
(131)		 7
(125)		 8
(105)		 5
(50)		 ** 8
(96)		 ** 8
(91)		 ** 8
(500)		 ** 8
(327)
3 9
(220)		 8
(211)		 8
(221)		 7
(163)		 9
(129)		 9
(126)		 11
(250)		 8
(92)		 9
(182)		 11
(221)		 10
(256)		 11
(187)		 9
(155)		 10
(127)		 9
(90)		 ** 11
(139)		 ** 10
(119)		 ** 12
(693)		 ** 12
(512)
4 20
(495)		 20
(506)		 17
(493)		 19
(435)		 18
(246)		 20
(281)		 20
(435)		 21
(229)		 18
(367)		 18
(361)		 20
(486)		 23
(402)		 19
(325)		 20
(259)		 17
(165)		 ** 18
(219)		 ** 18
(206)		 ** 22
(1278)		 ** 18
(781)
5 13
(308)		 12
(305)		 10
(294)		 15
(338)		 13
(188)		 16
(223)		 16
(362)		 16
(176)		 16
(318)		 14
(278)		 17
(430)		 15
(272)		 18
(313)		 14
(175)		 18
(181)		 ** 16
(190)		 ** 17
(199)		 ** 15
(863)		 ** 15
(636)
6 8
(198)		 8
(210)		 11
(300)		 12
(270)		 16
(222)		 13
(183)		 13
(282)		 14
(153)		 14
(280)		 12
(240)		 12
(303)		 14
(252)		 17
(289)		 10
(123)		 18
(176)		 ** 14
(172)		 ** 15
(170)		 ** 16
(924)		 ** 13
(558)
Each Person on Own 7 19
(458)		 17
(415)		 18
(503)		 17
(385)		 12
(163)		 12
(174)		 9
(197)		 17
(182)		 13
(270)		 11
(220)		 12
(294)		 13
(227)		 11
(192)		 12
(152)		 13
(131)		 ** 12
(140)		 ** 12
(141)		 ** 12
(729)		 ** 11
(479)
DK, Haven't Thought 13
(331)		 18
(446)		 20
(579)		 21
(471)		 16
(221)		 14
(192)		 14
(306)		 7
(81)		 15
(300)		 14
(268)		 13
(313)		 7
(126)		 10
(174)		 14
(183)		 12
(113)		 ** 9
(115)		 ** 11
(130)		 ** 7
(442)		 ** 13
(573)
N 2462 2504 2851 2291 1400 1402 2224 1090 2025 1960 2479 1776 1713 1281 981 0 1213 0 1163 0 5908 0 4254

Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4A.4b.
Source: VCF0809 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset, weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)

Percent among demographic groups who responded:

Govt See to Job/Std (1,2,3)
Each Person on His Own (5,6,7)

Question Text:

"Some people feel that 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/their own..
Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought much about this?" (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

Note:

2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.

In the 2012 Web instrument, Don't Know was not present as an onscreen categories for Internet, however Haven't Thought Much about it was a response option for both modes.

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