THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Government Guaranteed Job/Standard of Living (2), 7-point scale  1972-2004


                           '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
Govt. See to Job/Living 1   13   12   11    7   10    9   10   10    9   11    8   10    8   12    8   **   12 
                        2    6    5    5    3    7    6    7    6    6    8    8    7    7    8    5   **    8 
                        3    9    8    8    7    9    9   11    8    9   11   10   11    9   10    9   **   11 
                        4   20   20   17   19   18   20   20   21   18   18   20   23   19   20   17   **   18 
                        5   13   12   10   15   13   16   16   16   16   14   17   15   18   14   18   **   16 
                        6    8    8   11   12   16   13   13   14   14   12   12   14   17   10   18   **   14 
     Each Person on Own 7   19   17   18   17   12   12    9   17   13   11   12   13   11   12   13   **   12 
      DK, Haven't Thought   13   18   20   21   16   14   14    7   15   14   13    7   10   14   11   **    9
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  2462 2504 2850 2291 1400 1402 2224 1090 2025 1960 2478 1775 1714 1281  981      1212  



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



     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)
       


     This question is variable VCF0809 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