VAR CF0517 DEM PARTY - AID TO BLACKS 7PT SCALE

VAR CF0517    DEM PARTY - AID TO BLACKS 7PT SCALE                             
              COLUMNS 399  - 399                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8                                                 

        1988 FORM A, 1990 and later:  Some people feel that the government in 
        Washington should make every possible) effort to improve the social   
        and economic position of blacks. Others feel that the government      
        should not make any special effort to help blacks because they should 
        help themselves.                                                      
        1970-1984, 1988 FORM B:  Some people feel that the government in      
        Washington should make every possible effort to improve the social and
        economic position of blacks (1970: Negroes) and other minority groups 
        (1980: even if it means giving them preferential treatment).  Others  
        feel that the government should not make any special effort to help   
        minorities because they should help themselves (1970: but they should 
        be expected to help themselves).                                      
                                                                              
        ALL YEARS:  Where would you place the Democratic party {on this       
        scale}  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)                                    
                                                                              
        DEMOCRATIC PARTY - R's RATING OF PARTY ON AID TO BLACKS/MINORITIES    
        SCALE                                                                 
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        Note that form B in 1988 and all cases in previous years specified    
        "blacks and other minorities" in this question, while form A in 1988  
        and all cases in 1990 specified only "blacks."  To filter for form A/B
        responses in 1988, use variable VCF0012.                              
                                                                              
        Rs who responded "haven't thought much about it" in 1970 or who       
        responded "haven't thought much about it" or DK in 1972-1984,1990,    
        1994 in reply to R's self-placement on the 7-point aid to             
        blacks/minorites scale were not asked for party placements on the     
        scale and have been coded 0 in VCF0517 and VCF0518.  If R's           
        self-placement was NA in 1972-1984,1990,1994 then R was not asked     
        for party placements and VCF0517,VCF0518 have been coded 0.  If R's   
        self-placement was DK or NA in 1970, then R was still asked for       
        party placements on this scale.                                       
                                                                              
        In 1988, the respondent was asked for placements of the major parties 
        on this scale regardless of whether R replied "DK" or "haven't thought
        much about it" to self-placement.                                     
                                                                              
               1.  Government should help minority groups                     
               2.                                                             
               3.                                                             
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               5.                                                             
               6.                                                             
               7.  Minority groups should help themselves                     
                                                                              
               8.  DK party placement                                         
               9.  NA party placement                                         
               0.  DK self-placement (1972-1984,1990,1994); NA self placement 
                 (1972-1990,1994); haven't thought much about self-placement  
                 (1970-1984,1990,1994); INAP, no post IW (1972,1980); form III
                 or IV (1972); question not used                              
                                                                              
        1970:  107(type 0)   1972:  633   1974:  2300                         
        1976:  3267          1978:  375   1980:  1074                         
        1982:  417           1984:  385   1988:  338,346                      
        1990:  449           1994:  938                                       
                                                                              
                                                                              
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