VAR CF9110 INC HSE CAND- 7PT GUARANTEED JOBS SCALE

VAR CF9110    INC HSE CAND- 7PT GUARANTEED JOBS SCALE
              COLUMNS 1014-1014
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8


        Some people feel the government in Washington should see to it that
        every person has a job and a good standard of living.  Others think
        the government should just let each person get ahead on his own. Where
        would you place <incumbent candidate> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE
        SHOWN TO R)

        GUARANTEED JOBS/STANDARD OF LIVING--  INCUMBENT HOUSECANDIDATE'S
        RATING ON 7-POINT SCALE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic
        and Republican House candidates.  SEE VCF9100, VCF9105.

        The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running
        incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19
        cases affected).  For this year, the incumbent who represented R's
        sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered
        R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition.  The other
        candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
        district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
        location) has been considered the  'challenger' to the running
        incumbent.  See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts
        affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the
        challenger" in these cases.

               1.   GOVERNMENT SEE TO JOB AND GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING
               2.
               3.
               4.
               5.
               6.
               7.   GOVERNMENT LET EACH PERSON GET AHEAD ON OWN

               8.   DK/DON'T RECOGNIZE
               9.   NA; INAP, telephone (1984); no post IW (1980, 1984);
                    question  not used
               0.   Inap, R self-rating was DK or "Haven't thought much about
                    it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district race
                    (incl. Washington DC)

        1978:  4,361,362        1980:  740,1115,1116    1982:  6,429,430
        1984:  59,1051,1052     1994:  932,933          1998:  980460,980461


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