VAR CF0605 IS FED GOVT RUN BY A FEW INTERESTS COLUMNS 423 - 423 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0604. The order in which questions VCF0604-VCF0608 appear may vary from year to year. In 1988, the placement of this variable within Post question order varied according to questionnaire 'Form' (see VCF0012). 1. Few big interests 2. Benefit of all 9. DK; pro-Con; depends; other; refused to choose; both 0. NA; INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972,1984,1988,1992,1996); abbrev. telephone IW (1984: see VCF015); question not used 1964: 405 1966: 176 1968: 505 1970: 152(type 0) 1972: 572 1974: 2231 1976: 3164 1978: 348 1980: 403 1982: 530 1984: 1065 1988: 957 1990: 506 1992: 6122 1994: 1035 1996: 961253 1998: 980529 ==============================