THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Government Support for Health Care 1956-1968 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Don't Know, No Interest' Percent of group: '56 '58 '60 '62 '64 '66 '68 Males 17 ** 17 14 19 ** 19 Females 22 ** 22 16 25 ** 23 Whites 20 ** 21 15 23 ** 22 Blacks 16 ** 7 11 15 ** 13 Grade School 19 ** 15 15 24 ** 18 High School 21 ** 23 17 22 ** 23 Some College, no Degree 17 ** 21 9 22 ** 22 College Degree/ Post-grad 23 ** 21 13 19 ** 20 Income 0-16 Percentile 25 ** 8 14 21 ** 16 Income 17-33 Percentile 18 ** 21 15 26 ** 23 Income 34-67 Percentile 21 ** 24 17 21 ** 22 Income 68-95 Percentile 17 ** 23 11 22 ** 23 Income 96-100 Percentile 15 ** 7 5 21 ** 22 Professionals 22 ** 22 ** 25 ** 18 White Collar 19 ** 23 ** 21 ** 24 Blue Collar 19 ** 20 ** 20 ** 22 Unskilled 23 ** 14* ** 25* ** 22* Farmers 11 ** 13 ** 14 ** 18 Housewives 22 ** 20 ** 24 ** 24 Union Households 20 ** 22 ** 22 ** 23 Non-Union Households 20 ** 20 ** 22 ** 21 South 17 ** 16 16 25 ** 19 Nonsouth 21 ** 22 15 21 ** 22 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born 1943-1958 ** ** ** ** 15* ** 26 Born 1927-1942 24 ** 21 19 24 ** 24 Born 1911-1926 20 ** 22 12 22 ** 22 Born 1895-1910 16 ** 19 15 17 ** 15 Born before 1895 22 ** 13 14 25 ** 21 Democrats (incl leaners) 18 ** 20 15 22 ** 19 Independents & Apoliticals 26 ** 20 19 28 ** 26 Republicans (incl leaners) 21 ** 20 13 21 ** 23 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.2.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05