European Social Survey (ESS) reveal findings about attitudes toward Universal Basic Income across Europe

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The European Social Survey (ESS) has published its 2016 Round 8 results , which include, for the first time in its history, a polling question asking participants to express their attitude to the hypothetical introduction of a basic income scheme in society.

The 34,604 participants across 18 European countries were asked whether, overall, they would be ‘strongly against’, ‘against’, ‘in favour’ or ‘strongly in favour’ of a scheme – labelled by the ESS as a ‘basic income scheme’ – that operates under the following conditions: The government pays everyone a monthly income to cover […]

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