Description:
Percent of population that thinks people get ahead by their own hard work, rather than by lucky breaks or help from other people.
Source:
General Social Survey, 1987-2010. The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality used the “Survey Documentation and Analysis” interface provided by the University of California, Berkeley, to generate the data.
Methodological Notes:
The exact question wording is, “Some people say that people get ahead by their own hard work; others say that lucky breaks or help from other people are more important. Which do you think is most important?” A small number of respondents said they did not know.