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VAR CF0616 THOSE WHO DONT CARE SHOULDNT VOTE

VAR CF0616    THOSE WHO DONT CARE SHOULDNT VOTE                               
              COLUMNS 434  - 434                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0

        'If a person doesn't (1988: if people don't) care how an election     
        comes out he (1980,1984: then that person; 1988,1992: they) shouldn't 
        vote in it.'                                                          
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.                                     
                                                                              
        Prior to 1988, response options were read to R.  In 1988, 1990 and    
        1992 only, the response options were shown to R in the Respondent     
        Booklet.                                                              
                                                                              
        In 1988, the placement of this variable within Post question order    
        varied according to questionnaire 'Form' (see VCF0012).               
                                                                              
        Note:  In 1988, 1990 and 1992, this question was asked with the       
        following response options shown to R:                                
           agree strongly                                                     
           agree somewhat                                                     
           neither agree nor disagree                                         
           disagree somewhat                                                  
           disagree strongly                                                  
                                                                              
        Therefore, especially due to the large number of responses in category
        'neither agree nor disagree,' THE 1988, 1990 and 1992 DISTRIBUTIONS   
        DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.                              
                                                                              
        Code 1 includes: 'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from the 1988  
        data.                                                                 
        Code 2 includes: 'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from the 
        1988 data.                                                            
                                                                              
               1.  Agree                                                      
               2.  Disagree                                                   
               3.  Neither agree nor disagree (1988, 1990, 1992 only)         
               9.  DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say           
                                                                              
               0.  NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952,1960); no post (1988,1992);      
                   question not used                                          
                                                                              
        1952:  124   1956:  113   1960:  112                                  
        1972:  289   1976:  3350  1978:  424                                  
        1980:  145   1984:  311   1988:  936                                  
        1992:  6101                                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001