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Government Support for Health Care  1956-1968

PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Govt. help'



     Percent of group:      '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68 
 
                     Males   56   **   59   63   51   **   54 
                   Females   52   **   61   60   49   **   50  
 
                    Whites   52   **   57   59   46   **   48 
                    Blacks   80   **   91   88   81   **   84  
 
              Grade School   69   **   77   78   64   **   67 
               High School   52   **   58   60   49   **   50 
   Some College, no Degree   37   **   48   46   35   **   40 
 College Degree/ Post-grad   32   **   35   42   37   **   45  
 
    Income 0-16 Percentile   65   **   88   75   65   **   66 
   Income 17-33 Percentile   63   **   67   65   52   **   57 
   Income 34-67 Percentile   51   **   58   61   52   **   48 
   Income 68-95 Percentile   47   **   47   53   40   **   46 
  Income 96-100 Percentile   40   **   53   40   34   **   42  
 
             Professionals   39   **   43   **   36   **   48 
              White Collar   47   **   50   **   42   **   42 
               Blue Collar   60   **   68   **   59   **   59 
                 Unskilled   68   **   76*  **   69*  **   67* 
                   Farmers   64   **   67   **   59   **   53 
                Housewives   54   **   64   **   51   **   50  
 
          Union Households   57   **   65   **   55   **   56 
      Non-Union Households   53   **   58   **   48   **   51  
 
                     South   62   **   62   59   50   **   54 
                  Nonsouth   51   **   59   62   50   **   51  
 
        Born 1975 or later   **   **   **   **   **   **   ** 
            Born 1959-1974   **   **   **   **   **   **   ** 
            Born 1943-1958   **   **   **   **   65*  **   48 
            Born 1927-1942   52   **   58   55   47   **   47 
            Born 1911-1926   51   **   52   61   48   **   51 
            Born 1895-1910   56   **   66   67   54   **   62 
          Born before 1895   62   **   76   65   53   **   54  
 
  Democrats (incl leaners)   63   **   65   70   60   **   63 
Independents & Apoliticals   53   **   67   62   50   **   51 
Republicans (incl leaners)   42   **   52   48   29   **   34  
 
                  Liberals   **   **   **   **   **   **   ** 
                 Moderates   **   **   **   **   **   **   ** 
             Conservatives   **   **   **   **   **   **   **



 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group
** indicates question not asked or no cases within group



Table 4A.2.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies
NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed.  See Table 1A.3
       

Table generated:  27NOV05