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

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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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