Entry:

Taylor, D. Garth, "American Politics, Public Opinion, and Social Security Financing," in Social Security Financing, Felicity Skidmore (ed.), Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981.


Abstract:

Most people want social security benefits at least maintained, but there is much employer-employee conflict over how this should be done. The more affluent are apt to feel taxes are too high. Social security will become an important issue for politics in the near future.

GSS Years:

1976, 1977

Other Data Sets:

Harris 1978; SRC 1976, 1978; ICPSR 1979; Gallup 1947-1973

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
TAX

RS FEDERAL INCOME TAX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME