VAR CF0613 DO PEOPLE LIKE R HAVE NO SAY

VAR CF0613    DO PEOPLE LIKE R HAVE NO SAY
              COLUMNS 515-515
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        "People like me don't have any say about what the government does."
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.

        The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appear may vary from
        year to year.

        In 1988, the placement of this variable within Post question order
        varied according to questionnaire 'Form' (see VCF0012).

        In 1996, this question was asked in both the Pre and Post.  The Pre
        data are used here.

        In 1966 this question was asked as a Likert Scale (i.e., strongly
        agree/ agree/ disagree/ strongly disagree) which was collapsed.

        Prior to 1988, response options were read to R.  In 1988 and later,
        the response options were shown to R in the Respondent Booklet.
        In 2000, response options for personal interviews were shown to R
        in the Respondent Booklet and were optionally read aloud; for
        telephone interviews, response options were read aloud.

        Note:  In 1988 and later, this question was asked with the following
        response options shown to R:
            agree strongly
            agree somewhat
            neither agree nor disagree
            disagree somewhat
            disagree strongly

        Therefore, especially due to the large number of responses in category
        'neither agree nor disagree,' THE DISTRIBUTIONS 1988 AND LATER DIFFER
        DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

        Code 1 includes: 'strongly agree' and 'agree' from the 1966 data;
        'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from the 1988 and 1990 data.
        Code 2 includes: 'strongly disagree' and 'disagree' from the 1966
        data;  'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from the 1988 and
        1990 data.

             1.  Agree
             2.  Disagree
             3.  Neither agree nor disagree (1988 and later only)
             9.  DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say

             0.  NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952, 1960); no post IW (1968,1976,1980,
                 1988,1992,1996); question not used

        1952:  123          1956:  108        1960:  107
        1964:  174          1966:  115        1968:  517
        1970:  144(type 0)  1972:  269        1974:  2222
        1976:  3815         1978:  351        1980:  1030
        1982:  531          1984:  312        1988:  937
        1990:  509          1992:  6102       1994:  1038
        1996:  960568       1998:  980525     2000:  001528


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