VAR CF0607 ARE GOVT OFFICIALS SMART COLUMNS 425 - 425 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 9 Do you feel that almost all of the people running the government are smart people (1958-1972: who usually know what they are doing), or do you think that quite a few (1970: quite a lot) of them don't seem to know what they are doing? ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 1. DK what they're doing 2. Know what they're doing 9. DK; pro-Con; depends; other; refused to choose; both 0. MD, INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972); question not used 1958: 159 1964: 404 1968: 506 1970: 153(type 0) 1972: 573 1974: 2232 1976: 3165 1978: 349 1980: 404 ==============================