VAR CF0618 LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE UNIMPORTANT

VAR CF0618    LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE UNIMPORTANT
              COLUMNS 520-520
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        'A good many local elections aren't important enough to bother with.'
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.

        The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appear may vary from
        year to year.

               1.  Agree
               2.  Disagree

               9.  DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say
               0.  NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952,1960); question not used

        1952:  121   1956:  114   1960:  113
        1972:  290   1976:  3351  1978:  425
        1980:  146


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