Entry:
Wattenberg, Ben J., "The Attitudes Behind American Exceptionalism," U.S. News & World Report (August 7, 1989), 25.
Abstract:
Americans more than Europeans or the Japanese prefer freedom and independence to government interference in such things as income and job opportunities. Americans are also more religious, trust their institutions more, and express more national pride.
GSS Years:1987-8
Other Data Sets:
Gallup, International Research Associates; ISSP 1987
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| EQWLTH |
SHOULD GOVT REDUCE INCOME DIFFERENCES |
| EQUAL3 |
GOVT SHLD INSURE JOBS AND STABLE PRICES |