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VCF0640 How Well is Government Handling Most Important Problem

QUESTION:
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(IF R HAS MENTIONED A 'MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM' IN THE NATION:)
How good (of) a job is the government doing in dealing with this problem:
a good job, only fair, or a poor job?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Good job
3.   Only fair
5.   Poor job
8.   Don't know

MISSING_CODES:
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9.   NA; R not selected (1996,2000); no Post IW; 
     abbrev. Post IW (1984); short form questionnaire 
     (1992)
0.   R has not identified any problem
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
This represents the follow-up question to VCF0875/VCF0875a/VCF0875b.
1996 NOTE:
A half-sample of respondents was randomly selected to be administered 
questions about the "most important problem".
2000 NOTE:
same as 1996.
2004 NOTE:
The CSES version of this question, included in the 2004 study, is not
comparable.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1976:  763691
1978:  780316  
1980:  800984
1984:  840994  
1986:  860307
1988:  880818
1992:  925727
1996:  961142  
1998:  980347
2000:  000437


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03