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GENERAL NOTES:
FOR ALL YEARS SINCE 1960 WHICH UTILIZED THE 'MOST IMPORTANT
PROBLEM' QUESTION, THE MAJOR GROUPINGS AND THEIR RECODES TO CUMULATIVE
DATA FILE VARIABLE V875 (with some exceptions) ARE AS FOLLOW:
CDF V875 Original Codes Subject grouping
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9 1-99 social welfare
1 100-149 agriculture
6 150-199 natural resources
5 200-299 labor
8 300-349 race 1960-1972
300-319 race 1974-1990
7 350-399 public order 1960-1972
320-399 public order 1974-1990
2 400-499 economic/business
3 500-799 foreign affairs & national defense
4 800-899 functioning of government
In years 1960-1972 continuity of coding during successive years was
not maintained. Beginning in 1974, however, a set of codes was created
which was reused each following year without renumbering or dropping of
codes: the only changes made to the 1974-based set of codes until 1988
were, where need arose, expansions of individual code texts and insertion
of additional codes (e.g. for 'new' issues). In 1988 this set of
1974-based codes underwent comprehensive review [see part 2].
Part 1 below covers years 1960-1972. During 1960-1966, code numbering
was generally mutually exclusive between study years. Beginning in
1968, some previous codes (number and/or text) were reused.
I. MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 1960 - 1972
II. MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 1974 - LATER
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03