Social Issues in the United States Lack of Educational Opportunity

1,253 adults interviewed online May 14-26, 2015
Field work conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs

Some questions from this survey have been held for later release.

1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?

Right direction 38
Wrong track 62

3f. How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today?  Lack of educational opportunity

Extensively / a lot 17
Quite a bit 21
A fair amount 23
Some 23
Not very much 11
Not at all 6

4f. How much do you feel you know about each of these social issues in the United States today? Lack of educational opportunity

Extensive / a lot 11
Quite a bit 22
A fair amount 25
Some 25
Not very much 14
Not at all 4

5f. Using the scale below, please indicate how important you think each of these social issues is in the United States today. Lack of educational opportunity

Extremely important 36
Very important 31
Somewhat important 23
Slightly important 6
Not very important 3
Not at all important 1

7f. How widespread and common do you think each of these social issues is in the United States today? Lack of educational opportunity

Extremely 24
Very 26
Somewhat 31
Slightly 12
Not very 5
Not at all 2

8f. Do you know anyone who has personally experienced …? Lack of educational opportunity 

Yes 37
No 63

9f. How serious a problem do you think each of these social issues is for those experiencing it in the United States today? Lack of educational opportunity

Extremely serious 27
Very serious 35
Somewhat serious 22
Slightly serious 11
Not very serious 3
Not at all serious 1

10f. To what extent do you think each of these social issues is already being adequately addressed in the United States today? Lack of educational opportunity

Addressed completely 7
Addressed to a very great extent 13
Addressed somewhat 36
Addressed slightly 21
Not addressed very well 18
Not at all addressed 5

11f. For each of the following social issues in the United States today, please indicate if you have or have not spent time being personally involved in trying to help. Lack of educational opportunity

Yes, have 22
No, have not 78

12f.  How interested are you in getting personally involved in working towards a solution to each of these social issues in the United States? Expanding educational opportunities

Extremely interested 16
Very interested 23
Somewhat interested 21
Slightly interested 19
Not very interested 11
Not at all interested 11

16. Do you feel that not getting higher education is more due to:  (questions were rotated):

Individual effort 55
Society’s lack of opportunity 45