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| Universality, selectivity and public attitudes towards income support for the aged | | Author(s) | George Matheson |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales |
| Journal title | SPRC Reports and Proceedings, no 134, February 1997 |
| Publisher | University of New South Wales, Sydney, February 1997 |
| Pages | pp 74-102 |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Social policy ; Public opinion ; Australia ; Germany ; Norway ; United Kingdom ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This paper deals with the question of whether universality in income support arrangements is associated with greater levels of popular support for such expenditures than is selectivity, insofar as this can be gauged from public opinion surveys. The analysis concentrates on popular attitudes towards state income support for older people, examining how these vary in Australia, West Germany, the UK the US, and Norway, using data from the 1990 `Role of Government' wave of the International Social Survey Programme. With exception of 12% of the US population who think that government should not have such a role, few people oppose the idea that the state should be responsible for older people's incomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981119239 B |
| Classmark | JJ: TM2: U5: 7YA: 767: 76N: 8: 7T |
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