VAR CF9075 PRESIDENT- 7PT WOMENS ROLE SCALE COLUMNS 816 - 816 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 Recently there has been a lot of talk about women's rights. Some people feel that women should have an equal role with men in running business, industry and government. Others feel that women's place is in the home. Where would you place <president> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) WOMEN'S EQUAL ROLE-- PRESIDENT'S RATING ON 7-POINT SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. The presidents referred to in each year were: 1972: RICHARD NIXON 1976: GERALD FORD 1978: JIMMY CARTER 1980: JIMMY CARTER 1982: RONALD REAGAN 1988: RONALD REAGAN 1996: BILL CLINTON 1998: BILL CLINTON NO SELF-PLACEMENT INAPS: In all years before 1996, if R replied DK or "haven't thought much about it" in rating self on this same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this question. In 1996, since the incumbent President was also the Democratic Presidential candidate, administration for this var was affected by the fact that randomization occurred for the order of the 3 major Presidential candidate names for this placement. 1. WOMEN AND MEN SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL ROLE 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. WOMEN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOME 8. DK 9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1976,1980); question not used 0. Inap, R self-rating is DK or "Haven't thought much about it" on same 7-point scale (not 1996 or later) 1972: 233 1976: 3788 1978: 390 1980: 1095 1982: 436 1988: 392 1996: 960544 1998: 980449 ==============================