VAR CF0604 HOW MUCH DOES R TRUST FEDERAL GOVT

VAR CF0604    HOW MUCH DOES R TRUST FEDERAL GOVT
              COLUMNS 506-506
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        People have (1958,1964: I'd like to talk about some of the) different
        ideas about the government in Washington.  These ideas don't refer to
        Democrats or Republicans in particular, but just to government in
        general.  We want to see how you feel about these ideas.  (1996 and
        later: For example:)

        How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in
        Washington to do what is right -- just about always, most of the time
        or only some of the time?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        The order in which questions VCF0604-VCF0608 appear may vary from
        year to year.

        In 1966, an additional response option was read to Rs:  "almost
        never."  In all other years, the "none" or "never" response was
        volunteered by the R only.

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

               1.  None of the time (VOLUNTEERED); almost never (1966 only)
               2.  Some of the time
               3.  Most of the time
               4.  Just about always
               9.  DK; depends

               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972,1984,1988,1992,1996,
                   2000); abbrev. telephone IW (1984: see VCF015); question
                   not used

        1958:  157        1964:  403           1966:  173
        1968:  504        1970:  151(type 0)   1972:  571
        1974:  2230       1976:  3163          1978:  347
        1980:  402        1982:  529           1984:  1064
        1986:  548        1988:  955           1990:  504
        1992:  6120       1994:  1033          1996:  961251
        1998:  980528     2000:  001534


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