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March 18-21, 2010: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Poll---Nationwide poll asks respondents for their overall opinions of the Social Security Administration.

"Thinkingmore generally...Is your overall opinion of...the Social SecurityAdministration very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or veryunfavorable?"

9% Very favorable

40% Mostlyfavorable

22% Mostlyunfavorable

17% Veryunfavorable

12% Can'trate/Refused

Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form 1half sample.

Survey by Pew Research Center for the People & thePress. Methodology: Conducted by Princeton Survey Research AssociatesInternational, March 18 - March 21, 2010 and based on 1,002 telephoneinterviews. Sample: national adult. 671 respondents were interviewed on alandline telephone, and 331 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 143 whohad no landline telephone. [USPSRA.041810A.R03GF1]

FormalCitation

PewResearch Center for the People , Mar, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLLDatabank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University ofConnecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html