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Should govt help pay for medical care?
Variable: helpsick
Module:
Core
Subject:
Federal Government
,
Health
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Look at CARD BE. In general, some people think that it is the responsibility of the government in Washington to see to it that people have help in paying for doctors and hospital bills. Others think that these matters are not the responsibility of the federal government and that people should take care of these things themselves.
A. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?

Year Availability
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Govt should help
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3 Agree with both
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5 People help selves
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1975 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
532 413 347 416 549 264 314 266 321 297 503 518 473 539 287 280 665 471 402 384 412 587 528
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115 162 176 164 141 85 78 67 93 98 217 198 185 194 65 66 166 125 142 153 175 190 129
195 161 111 93 121 64 77 39 58 65 185 126 158 109 63 69 132 99 136 122 209 156 117
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0 0 0 0 0 484 502 473 500 549 981 979 921 921 1853 1936 2521 658 667 636 851 913 785
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 31182
Missing cases 31284