TEACHSOC: Re: Cash assistance to the poor vs. welfare

[Stephen Sweet]

Theresa- Pardon the font and color...can't seem to fix it.  Here is the analysis from the GSS I use in my intro course -steve Question wording..... We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. Are we spending too much money,  too little, or about the right amount on...                         Too Much    About Right    Too Little Welfare                    40.6          38.2                 21.2 Assistance to the Poor    7.9     25                    67.1 Teresa Ciabattari wrote: Colleagues, I will be discussing survey design with my Methods students next week, and to illustrate the importance of question wording, I'd like to show them the difference in public support of "cash assistance to the poor" rather than public support of "welfare." I know this example is used very frequently, but I can't seem to find actual analysis of these two questions--what percentage of the public supports cash assistance compared to the percentage who support welfare? Can anyone point me to some data that shows these differences? Thanks, Teresa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---