VAR CF0622 HOW MUCH DOES GOVT PAY ATTEN TO PEOPLE

VAR CF0622    HOW MUCH DOES GOVT PAY ATTEN TO PEOPLE
              COLUMNS 524-524
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        Over the years, how much attention do you feel the government pays to
        what the people think when it decides what to do -- a good deal, some,
        or not much?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B.

        Weight variable VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B must be used if
        distributions including 1970 data are desired:  see VCF0010.
        Note that use of VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B as a weight reduces the
        1970 total N for this variable:  form 2 whites who should appear as
        code 0 INAP cases are excluded from the 1970 total N.

        Except for 1976 and 1980, this question was preceded by the
        introduction appearing for VCF0604.  The order of Study year questions
        corresponding to Cumultive File vars VCF0605-VCF0608,VCF0622-VCF0625
        may have varied from year to year.

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

               1.  Not much
               2.  Some
               3.  A good deal
               9.  DK; other; depends; can't say

               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972,1976,1980,1988,1992,
                   1996,2000); form III, IV (1972); question not used

        1964:  390       1968:  490       1970:  155(type 1)
        1972:  575       1974:  2234      1976:  3741
        1978:  416       1980:  888       1982:  527
        1984:  310       1988:  960       1992:  6125
        1996:  9601256   1998:  980521    2000:  001539


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