VAR CF0608 ARE GOVT OFFICIALS CROOKED

VAR CF0608    ARE GOVT OFFICIALS CROOKED
              COLUMNS 510-510
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        Do you think that quite a few of the people running the government are
        (1958-1972: a little) crooked, not very many are, or do you think
        hardly any of them are crooked (1958-1972: at all)?
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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.

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

               1.  Quite a few; quite a lot (1958-1972)
               2.  Not many
               3.  Hardly any
               9.  DK

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

        1958:  155          1964:  401      1968:  507
        1970:  154(type 0)  1972:  574      1974:  2233
        1976:  3166         1978:  350      1980:  405
        1984:  1066         1988:  958      1990:  507
        1992:  6123         1994:  1036     1996:  961254
        1998:  980526       2000:  001537


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