By Valerie Bauman Social Affairs Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:11 GMT, 27 March 2019 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 27 March 2019
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A majority (57 percent) of Americans want the government to do more to ensure their economic and social security, according to a new survey.
By comparison, just 9 percent wanted less government intervention and 23 percent said the government is currently doing enough on behalf of Americans' overall well-being, according to the survey conducted in 2018 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
In addition, 48 percent of working Americans said they are having a hard time covering daily expenses, according to the OECD, an intergovernmental economic organization that works with 36 countries to track data and trends.
This graph illustrates what share of Americans believe government is should do more, less or the same to ensure economic and social security within the country
Making ends meet is the leading concern, ahead of becoming ill or disabled (43.5 percent) and losing a job (33.6 percent). Other top concerns included access to adequate housing (25.4 percent) and child care costs (14.6 percent).
In addition, nearly 46 percent of Americans don’t believe they could access public benefits if they needed them, compared to 32.6 percent who think they could and 24 percent who were undecided.
A majority (53 percent) of Americans feel that the government
