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Public opinion on welfare state

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Every answer received, unweighted and un-post-stratified. This is a tally, not a published estimate.

A · Health care should mostly be bought and sold, with help for those who cannot pay.

B · The state should provide health care, free when you need it.

24% A · 22% neither · 54% B · n = 3928

A · Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.

B · State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.

25% A · 20% neither · 55% B · n = 3919

A · Money from the state should go to people who work, or who clearly need it.

B · The state should pay everyone enough to live on, with no strings.

24% A · 22% neither · 54% B · n = 3930

By nation

1 nation above the reporting threshold.