VAR CF0613 DO PEOPLE LIKE R HAVE NO SAY
COLUMNS 431 - 431
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
"People like me don't have any say about what the government does."
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.
The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 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).
In 1996, this question was asked in both the Pre and Post. The Pre
data are used here.
In 1966 this question was asked as a Likert Scale (i.e., strongly
agree/ agree/ disagree/ strongly disagree) which was collapsed.
Prior to 1988, response options were read to R. In 1988 and later,
the response options were shown to R in the Respondent Booklet.
Note: In 1988 and later, this question was asked with the following
response options shown to R:
agree strongly
agree somewhat
neither agree nor disagree
disagree somewhat
disagree strongly
Therefore, especially due to the large number of responses in category
'neither agree nor disagree,' THE DISTRIBUTIONS 1988 AND LATER DIFFER
DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
Code 1 includes: 'strongly agree' and 'agree' from the 1966 data;
'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from the 1988 and 1990 data.
Code 2 includes: 'strongly disagree' and 'disagree' from the 1966
data; 'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from the 1988 and
1990 data.
1. Agree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree (1988 and later only)
9. DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say
0. NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952, 1960); no post IW (1968,1976,1980,
1988,1992,1996); question not used
1952: 123 1956: 108 1960: 107
1964: 174 1966: 115 1968: 517
1970: 144(type 0) 1972: 269 1974: 2222
1976: 3815 1978: 351 1980: 1030
1982: 531 1984: 312 1988: 937
1990: 509 1992: 6102 1994: 1038
1996: 960568 1998: 980525
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