VAR 000446 G6x1. Summary self plcmnt lib-con scale/brnch MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1314 - 1314 Numeric G6x1. BOTH 7-POINT SCALE AND BRANCHING LIB-CON SERIES: 7-POINT SCALE FTF: Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought much about this? If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? 7-POINT SCALE PHONE: When it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as extremely liberal, liberal, slightly liberal; moderate or middle of the road, slightly conservative, conservative, extremely conservative, or haven't you thought much about this? If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? BRANCHING (FTF AND PHONE): When it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, a moderate, or haven't you thought much about this? If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? Would you call yourself a strong liberal or a not very strong liberal? Would you call yourself a strong conservative or a not very strong conservative? COMBINED 7-POINT LIB-CON SELF-PLACEMENT FROM 7PT SCALE /BRANCHING --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from: - branching data in G6.E, G6a.E, G6b.E, G6c.E. - 7-pt scale data in G1ax, G1b. NOTE: To make 7pt scale data comparable with the construction of a 7-pt summary of branching data, both the 7pt-scale data in G1ax and the "had to choose" data in G1b were used for constructing this summary. For both 7pt-scale and branching cases, Rs who answered moderate (4 in 7pt-scale) or DK or 'haven't thought much' (branching: or 'neither') were asked for the "had to choose" selection of liberal or conservative. Branching: If R selected liberal or conservative but strength followup was missing data (typically: DK) then 'not strong' has been coded in G6x1. 1. SCALE: 1 / BRANCHING: strong liberal 2. SCALE: 2 / BRANCHING: not strong liberal 3. SCALE: 3; had to choose liberal / BRANCHING: had to choose liberal 4. SCALE: 4; had to choose moderate/ BRANCHING: had to choose moderate 5. SCALE: 5; had to choose conserv/ BRANCHING: had to choose conserv 6. SCALE: 6 / BRANCHING: not strong conservative 7. SCALE: 7 / BRANCHING: strong conservative 8. DK 9. R refuses to choose 0. NA 0 1 2 3 4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 1 82 158 351 109 5 6 7 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 528 250 145 18 165 ==============================