THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Government Support for Health Care  1956-1968


                           '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68 
 
     Help People Get Care   54   **   60   61   50   **   52 
    Govt. Should Stay Out   26   **   20   24   28   **   27 
  Don't Know, No Interest   20   **   20   15   22   **   21
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                       N  1758      1918 1283 1563      1553  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4A.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1956,1960: "'The government ought to help people get doctors and
     hospital care at low cost.'" (CARD WITH RESPONSE CHOICES SHOWN TO R)
     1962: "'The government ought to help people get doctors and hospital
     care at low cost.' Do you have an opinion on this or not?" (IF YES:)
     "Do you agree that the government should do this or do you think the
     government should not do it?"
     1964,1968: "Some say the government in Washington ought to help people
     get doctors and hospital care at low cost; others say the government
     should not get into this. Have you been interested enough in this to
     favor one side over the other?" (IF YES) "What is your position?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0805 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05