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VAR CF0607 ARE GOVT OFFICIALS SMART

VAR CF0607    ARE GOVT OFFICIALS SMART                                        
              COLUMNS 425  - 425                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9                                                 

        Do you feel that almost all of the people running the government are  
        smart people (1958-1972: who usually know what they are doing), or do 
        you think that quite a few (1970: quite a lot) of them don't seem to  
        know what they are doing?                                             
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0604.                                     
                                                                              
        The order in which questions VCF0604-VCF0608 appear may vary from     
        year to year.                                                         
                                                                              
               1.  DK what they're doing                                      
               2.  Know what they're doing                                    
                                                                              
               9.  DK; pro-Con; depends; other; refused to choose; both       
               0.  MD, INAP, no post IW (1964,1968,1972); question not used   
                                                                              
        1958:  159         1964:  404   1968:  506                            
        1970:  153(type 0) 1972:  573   1974:  2232                           
        1976:  3165        1978:  349   1980:  404                            
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001