VAR CF0616 THOSE WHO DONT CARE SHOULDNT VOTE
COLUMNS 434 - 434
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
'If a person doesn't (1988: if people don't) care how an election
comes out he (1980,1984: then that person; 1988,1992: they) shouldn't
vote in it.'
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.
Prior to 1988, response options were read to R. In 1988, 1990 and
1992 only, the response options were shown to R in the Respondent
Booklet.
In 1988, the placement of this variable within Post question order
varied according to questionnaire 'Form' (see VCF0012).
Note: In 1988, 1990 and 1992, 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 1988, 1990 and 1992 DISTRIBUTIONS
DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
Code 1 includes: 'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from the 1988
data.
Code 2 includes: 'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from the
1988 data.
1. Agree
2. Disagree
3. Neither agree nor disagree (1988, 1990, 1992 only)
9. DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say
0. NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952,1960); no post (1988,1992);
question not used
1952: 124 1956: 113 1960: 112
1972: 289 1976: 3350 1978: 424
1980: 145 1984: 311 1988: 936
1992: 6101
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