VAR CF9110 INC HSE CAND- 7PT GUARANTEED JOBS SCALE COLUMNS 851 - 851 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 Some people feel the government in Washington should see to it that every person has a job and a good standard of living. Others think the government should just let each person get ahead on his own. Where would you place <incumbent candidate> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) GUARANTEED JOBS/STANDARD OF LIVING-- INCUMBENT HOUSECANDIDATE'S RATING ON 7-POINT SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic and Republican House candidates. SEE VCF9100, VCF9105. The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases affected). For this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition. The other candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent. See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the challenger" in these cases. 1. GOVERNMENT SEE TO JOB AND GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. GOVERNMENT LET EACH PERSON GET AHEAD ON OWN 8. DK/DON'T RECOGNIZE 9. NA; INAP, telephone (1984); no post IW (1980, 1984); question not used 0. Inap, R self-rating was DK or "Haven't thought much about it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district race (incl. Washington DC) 1978: 4,361,362 1980: 740,1115,1116 1982: 6,429,430 1984: 59,1051,1052 1994: 932,933 1998: 980460,980461 ==============================