VAR CF0607 ARE GOVT OFFICIALS SMART

VAR CF0607    ARE GOVT OFFICIALS SMART
              COLUMNS 509-509
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        Do you feel that almost all of the people running the government are
        smart people (1958-1972: who usually know what they are doing), or do
        you think that quite a few (1970: quite a lot) of them don't seem to
        know what they are doing?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0604.

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

               1.  DK what they're doing
               2.  Know what they're doing

               9.  DK; pro-Con; depends; other; refused to choose; both
               0.  MD, INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972); question not used

        1958:  159         1964:  404   1968:  506
        1970:  153(type 0) 1972:  573   1974:  2232
        1976:  3165        1978:  349   1980:  404


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