U.S. Should Not Concern Itself with World Problems 1956 -2016
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| '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 25 (434) |
24 (427) |
18 (349) |
** | ** | ** | 23 (305) |
** | 20 (529) |
** | 26 (628) |
** | 18 (245) |
** | 24 (230) |
29 (315) |
29 (590) |
30 (288) |
26 (643) |
31 (538) |
27 (462) |
18 (234) |
28 (253) |
21 (315) |
20 (248) |
** | 30 (703) |
** | 38 (2217) |
** | 33 (1405) |
| Disagree | 57 (1000) |
56 (1021) |
66 (1265) |
** | ** | ** | 74 (990) |
** | 77 (2078) |
** | 67 (1593) |
** | 78 (1087) |
** | 73 (705) |
66 (713) |
67 (1357) |
66 (644) |
72 (1778) |
67 (1176) |
72 (1227) |
81 (1030) |
70 (621) |
78 (1144) |
79 (951) |
** | 67 (1564) |
** | 61 (3589) |
** | 67 (2827) |
| Don't Know, Other | 18 (324) |
20 (364) |
16 (305) |
** | ** | ** | 3 (42) |
** | 3 (81) |
** | 7 (164) |
** | 5 (66) |
** | 4 (36) |
5 (52) |
4 (85) |
4 (43) |
2 (62) |
3 (49) |
1 (20) |
1 (13) |
2 (18) |
1 (12) |
1 (11) |
** | 2 (55) |
** | 1 (61) |
** | 0 (19) |
| N | 1758 | 1812 | 1919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1337 | 0 | 2688 | 0 | 2385 | 0 | 1398 | 0 | 971 | 1080 | 2032 | 975 | 2483 | 1763 | 1709 | 1277 | 892 | 1471 | 1210 | 0 | 2322 | 0 | 5867 | 0 | 4251 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4D.1.
Source: VCF0823 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Question Text:
"'This country would be better off if we just stayed home and did not concern ourselves with problems in other parts of the world.'"
Note:
In 1956-1960 only, a Show Card was presented with response options that included 'Not sure; it depends'; these cases are included in the combined Don't Know/Other category.
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.
For 2012, the 'Don't Know/Other' category represents face-to-face cases only (in the 2012 Web instrument, a Don't Know category was not present).