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World Values Survey 1995, Wave 3

United States, 1995
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USA_1995_WVS-W3_v01_M
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Alec Gallup, Prof. Ronald Inglehart
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Why are there people in this country who live in need (V172)

Data file: WV3_Data_USA_1995_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 1198
Invalid: 344
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 2
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 401
End: 402
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
V172. Why, in your opinion, are there people in this country who live in need? Here are two opinions: Which comes closest to your view?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Poor because of laziness and lack of will power 719
60%
2 Poor because unfair society 479
40%
3 Other answer 0
0%
-4 Not asked 0
-2 NA 0
-1 DK 344
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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