VCF0614 Politics and Government Seem Too Complicated

QUESTION:
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'Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person
like me can't really understand what's going on.'

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

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  NA; no Pre IW; no Post IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See introductory text VCF0609.
GENERAL NOTE:
The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appeared may have varied.
Prior to 1988, response options were read to R.  In 1988 and later
(except 2000 telephone and 2002), response options were shown to R in 
the Respondent Booklet.
Code 1 includes: 'strongly agree' and 'agree' from the 1966 data
'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from 1988 and later data (exc. 
2002). Code 2 includes: 'strongly disagree' and 'disagree' from 
the 1966 data;  'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from 1988
and later data (exc. 2002).
1988 NOTE:
Placement varied by form.
1996 NOTE:
This question was asked in both the Pre and Post; Pre data are included
here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520125  
1956:  560112  
1960:  600111  
1964:  640176 
1966:  660117  
1968:  680519
1970:  700146(type 0)
1972:  720271  
1974:  742224  
1976:  763817  
1978:  780353  
1980:  801032
1984:  840314  
1988:  880939  
1990:  900510  
1992:  926104  
1994:  941039  
1996:  961246
1998:  980523  
2000:  001529