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VCF0613 Do People like R Have Any Say in What Government Does

QUESTION:
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'People like me don't have any say about what the government does.'

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Agree
2.  Disagree
3.  Neither agree nor disagree (1988 and later only)
9.  DK; depends; not sure; can't say; refused to say

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  NA; no Pre IW; no Post IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See introductory text VCF0609.
GENERAL NOTE:
The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appeared may have varied.
Prior to 1988, response options were read to R.  In 1988 and later
(except 2000 telephone and 2002), response options were shown to R in 
the Respondent Booklet.
Code 1 includes: 'strongly agree' and 'agree' from the 1966 data
'agree strongly' and 'agree somewhat' from 1988 and later data (exc. 
2002). Code 2 includes: 'strongly disagree' and 'disagree' from 
the 1966 data;  'disagree somewhat' and 'disagree strongly' from 1988
and later data (exc. 2002).
1988 NOTE:
Placement varied by form.
1996 NOTE:
This question was asked in both the Pre and Post; Pre data are included
here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520123
1956:  560108 
1960:  600107
1964:  640174 
1966:  660115
1968:  680517
1970:  70144(type 0)  
1972:  720269 
1974:  742222
1976:  763815  
1978:  780351
1980:  801030
1982:  820531
1984:  840312 
1988:  880937
1990:  900509 
1992:  926102
1994:  941038
1996:  960568
1998:  980525
2000:  001528
2002:  025173
2004:  045202


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03