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Opinion of how people get ahead
Variable: getahead
Module:
Core
Subject:
Work
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Some people say that people get ahead by their own hard work; others say that lucky breaks or help from other people are more important. Which do you think is most important?

Year Availability
Available in 26 of 31 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Hard work
2 Both equally
3 Luck or help
4 Other
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1973 1974 1976 1977 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
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17 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 504 504 455 524 531 996 981 950 956 1841 1914 1771 671 763 666 824 980
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 38553
Missing cases 23913