VAR CF0428 PRESIDENT - THERMOMETER

VAR CF0428    PRESIDENT - THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 424-425
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99

        PRESIDENT THERMOMETER
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE VCF0201 FOR QUESTION TEXT.

        For years where this variable appears in both the Pre and Post, the
        Pre versions are represented here.

        In 1968 "don't know"s were coded 50 on thermometers; groups about
        which the respondent "didn't know much" were also placed at 50 degrees
        during these years.

        In 1972-1976, the respondent was not asked to give thermometer ratings
        for individuals about which R "didn't know much" or "didn't know too
        much."  However, it is unclear whether such cases were coded DK or
        NA:  even within a single study year, "don't know much/too much" may
        not have been coded consistently to one MD category.

        This variable referred to Johnson for 1968, Nixon for 1970 and 1972,
        Ford for 1974 and 1976, Carter for 1978 and 1980, Reagan for 1982,
        1984,1986 and 1988, George Bush Sr. for 1990 and 1992, and Clinton
        for 1994,1996,1998,2000.

        00-96.  Degrees as coded
           97.  97-100 Degrees

           98.  DK rating (exc.1968); don't recognize (1980 and later)
           99.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1968); question not used

        1968:  680484      1970:  700231      1972:  720255
        1974:  742339      1976:  763299      1978:  780137
        1980:  800154      1982:  820123      1984:  840290
        1986:  860130      1988:  880158      1990:  900134
        1992:  923305      1994:  940223      1996:  960272
        1998:  980238      2000:  000359


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