VAR CF0429 VICE-PRESIDENT - THERMOMETER

VAR CF0429    VICE-PRESIDENT - THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 426-427
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99

        VICE-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 Humphrey for 1968, Agnew for 1970 and 1972,
        Rockefeller for 1974 and 1976, Mondale for 1978 and 1980, George ,
        Bush Sr. for 1982,1984,1986 and 1988, Quayle for 1990 and 1992, and
        Gore for 1994,1996,1998 and 2000.

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

           98.  DK rating (exc.1968); don't recognize (1980 and later)
           99.  NA; question not used

        1968:  680479      1970:  700237      1972:  720265
        1974:  742342      1976:  763304      1978:  780143
        1980:  800161      1982:  820135      1984:  840292
        1986:  860144      1988:  880154      1990:  900137
        1992:  923308      1994:  940227      1996:  960275
        1998:  980243      2000:  000360


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