VAR CF9115 CHALL HSE CAND-7PT GUARANTTED JOBS SCALE
COLUMNS 856 - 856
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 <challenger> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN
TO R)
GUARANTEED JOBS/STANDARD OF LIVING-- HOUSE CHALLENGERCANDIDATE'S
RATING ON 7-POINT SCALE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic
and Republican House candidates. SEE VCF9099, VCF9104.
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); incumbent unopposed
1978: 4,361,362 1980: 740,1115,1116 1982: 6,429,430
1984: 59,1051,1052 1994: 932,933 1998: 980460,980461
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