VAR CF0830 7PT AID TO BLACKS SCALE

VAR CF0830    7PT AID TO BLACKS SCALE                                         
              COLUMNS 534  - 534                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0

        1970-1984, 1986 FORM B, 1988 FORM B:  Some people feel that the       
        government in Washington should make every possible effort to improve 
        the social and economic position of blacks (1970: Negroes) and other  
        minority groups (1980: even if it means giving them preferential      
        treatment).  Others feel that the government should not make any      
        special effort to help minorities because they should help themselves 
        (1970: but they should be expected to help themselves).               
                                                                              
        1986 FORM A, 1988 FORM A, 1990 and later:  Some people feel that the  
        government in Washington should make every (prior to 1996 only:       
        possible) effort to improve the social and economic position of       
        blacks. (1996-later: Suppose these people are at one end of a scale,  
        at point 1). Others feel that the government should not make any      
        special effort to help blacks because they should help themselves.    
       (1996-later:  Suppose these people are at the other end, at point 7.   
        And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between, 
        at points 2,3,4,5 or 6).                                              
                                                                              
        ALL YEARS:  Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't  
        you thought much about it?  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)                
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        Note that form B in 1986, form B in 1988, and all previous years      
        specified "blacks and other minorities" in this question, while form A
        in 1986, form A in 1988, and all cases in 1990 and after specified    
        only "blacks."  To filter for form A/B responses, use variable        
        VCF0012.                                                              
                                                                              
               1.  Government should help minority groups/blacks              
               2.                                                             
               3.                                                             
               4.                                                             
               5.                                                             
               6.                                                             
               7.  Minority groups/ blacks should help themselves             
               9.  DK; haven't thought much about it                          
                                                                              
               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1972,1980); question not used        
                                                                              
        1970:  106(type 0)    1972:  629      1974:  2296                     
        1976:  3264           1978:  373      1980:  1062                     
        1982:  415            1984:  382      1986:  426(form B),427(form A)  
        1988:  332(formA),    1990:  447      1992:  3724                     
               340(FormB)     1994:  936      1996:  960487                   
        1998:  980462                                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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