VAR CF0313 R INTEREST PUBLIC AFFAIRS
COLUMNS 241 - 241
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
1964 and later: Some people seem to follow (1964: think about) what's
going on in government and public affairs most of the time, whether
there's an election going on or not. Others aren't that interested.
Would you say you follow what's going on in government and public
affairs most of the time, some of the time, only now and then, or
hardly at all?
1960, 1962: We'd also like to know how much attention you pay to
what's going on in politics generally. I mean from day to day, when
there isn't any big election campaign going on, would you say you
follow politics very closely, fairly closely, or not much at all?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
In 1960 and 1962, only three response categories were available,
corresponding to codes 1, 3, and 4 here. 1962 had no DK category.
1. Hardly at all (1960, 1962: not much at all)
2. Only now and then
3. Some of the time (1960, 1962: fairly closely)
4. Most of the time (1960, 1962: very closely)
9. DK
0. NA; INAP, no post IW (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980,
1984, 1988, 1992, 1996); form III, IV (1972); abbrev.
telephone IW (1984); question not used
1960: 225 1962: 40 1964: 324
1966: 64 1968: 430 1972: 476
1974: 2027 1976: 3599 1978: 310
1980: 974 1982: 294 1984: 988
1986: 301 1988: 812 1990: 321
1992: 5721 1994: 701 1996: 961134
1998: 980340
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