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