VAR CF0614 IS GOVT TOO COMPLICATED
COLUMNS 432 - 432
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
'Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person
like me can't really understand what's going on.'
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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 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: 125 1956: 112 1960: 111
1964: 176 1966: 117 1968: 519
1970: 146(type 0) 1972: 271 1974: 2224
1976: 3817 1978: 353 1980: 1032
1984: 314 1988: 939 1990: 510
1992: 6104 1994: 1039 1996: 961246
1998: 980523
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