VAR CF0609 DO OFFICIALS CARE WHAT R THINKS

VAR CF0609    DO OFFICIALS CARE WHAT R THINKS
              COLUMNS 511-511
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        1952-1980, 1982, 1992 intro:  Now I'd like to read some of the kinds
        of things people tell us when we interview them.

        Please tell me whether (1992: and ask you whether) (1966,1988,1990,
        1994-later: how much) you agree or disagree with these statements
        (1992: with them).  (1988,1990:  You can just give me the number of
        your choice.) (1992: I'll read them one at a time and you just tell me
        whether you agree or disagree) (1996 and later: The first is:)

        1952-1988,1992:
        'I don't think public officials care much what people like me think."

        1990,1994-later:
        'Public officials don't care much what people like me think.'
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        In 1952, the order of items appearing in VCF0609-VCF0618 was
        systematically varied.

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

        The intro used 1952-1980,1982,1992 preceded the section in which
        several statements, including this one, was read; the order of
        statements may have varied from year to year.

        In 1966 this question was asked as a Likert Scale (i.e., strongly
        agree/ agree/ disagree/ strongly disagree) which was collapsed.

        Prior to 1988, response options were read to R.  In 1988 and later,
        the response options were in the Respondent Booklet.
        In 2000, response options for personal interviews were shown to R
        in the Respondent Booklet and were optionally read aloud; for
        telephone interviews, response options were read aloud.

        Note:  In 1988 and later, this question was asked with the following
        response options shown to R:
           agree strongly
           agree somewhat
           neither agree nor disagree
           disagree somewhat
           disagree strongly

        Therefore, especially due to the large number of responses in category
        'neither agree nor disagree,' THE DISTRIBUTIONS 1988 AND LATER DIFFER
        DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

        Code 1 includes: 'strongly agree' and 'agree' from the 1966 data;
        'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from the 1988 and 1990 data.
        Code 2 includes: 'strongly disagree' and 'disagree' from the 1966
        data;  'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from the 1988 and
        1990 data.

               1.  Agree
               2.  Disagree
               3.  Neither agree nor disagree (1988 and later only)
               9.  DK; not sure; it depends; can't say, refused to say

               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1968,1976,1980,1988,1992,1996,2000);
                   no pre IW (1952,1960); form B (1986); question not used

        1952:  118          1956:  115       1960:  114
        1964:  177          1966:  118       1968:  520
        1970:  147(type 0)  1972:  272       1974:  2225
        1976:  3818         1978:  354       1980:  1033
        1982:  532          1984:  313       1986:  549
        1988:  938          1990:  508       1992:  6103
        1994:  1037         1996:  961244    1998:  980524


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