VAR CF0313 R INTEREST PUBLIC AFFAIRS

VAR CF0313    R INTEREST PUBLIC AFFAIRS
              COLUMNS 317-317
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        1964 and later: Some people seem to follow (1964: think about) what's
        going on in government and public affairs most of the time, whether
        there's an election going on or not.  Others aren't that interested.
        Would you say you follow what's going on in government and public
        affairs most of the time, some of the time, only now and then, or
        hardly at all?

        1960, 1962: We'd also like to know how much attention you pay to
        what's going on in politics generally. I mean from day to day, when
        there isn't any big election campaign going on, would you say you
        follow politics very closely, fairly closely, or not much at all?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        In 1960 and 1962, only three response categories were available,
        corresponding to codes 1, 3, and 4 here.  1962 had no DK category.

               1.  Hardly at all  (1960, 1962: not much at all)
               2.  Only now and then
               3.  Some of the time  (1960, 1962: fairly closely)
               4.  Most of the time (1960, 1962: very closely)
               9.  DK

               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980,
                   1984, 1988, 1992, 1996,2000); form III, IV (1972); abbrev.
                   telephone IW (1984); question not used

        1960:  225        1962:  40         1964:  324
        1966:  64         1968:  430        1972:  476
        1974:  2027       1976:  3599       1978:  310
        1980:  974        1982:  294        1984:  988
        1986:  301        1988:  812        1990:  321
        1992:  5721       1994:  701        1996:  961134
        1998:  980340     2000:  001367


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