VAR CF0604 HOW MUCH DOES R TRUST FEDERAL GOVT
COLUMNS 422 - 422
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
People have (1958,1964: I'd like to talk about some of the) different
ideas about the government in Washington. These ideas don't refer to
Democrats or Republicans in particular, but just to government in
general. We want to see how you feel about these ideas. (1996 and
later: For example:)
How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in
Washington to do what is right -- just about always, most of the time
or only some of the time?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
The order in which questions VCF0604-VCF0608 appear may vary from
year to year.
In 1966, an additional response option was read to Rs: "almost
never." In all other years, the "none" or "never" response was
volunteered by the R only.
In 1988, the placement of this variable within Post question order
varied according to questionnaire 'Form' (see VCF0012).
1. None of the time (VOLUNTEERED); almost never (1966 only)
2. Some of the time
3. Most of the time
4. Just about always
9. DK; depends
0. NA; INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972,1984,1988,1992,1996);
1958: 157 1964: 403 1966: 173
1968: 504 1970: 151(type 0) 1972: 571
1974: 2230 1976: 3163 1978: 347
1980: 402 1982: 529 1984: 1064
1986: 548 1988: 955 1990: 504
1992: 6120 1994: 1033 1996: 961251
1998: 980528
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