VCF0830 R Placement: Aid to Blacks Scale

QUESTION:
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1970-1984, 1986 FORM B, 1988 FORM B:
Some people feel that the government in Washington should make every 
possible effort to improve the social and economic position of blacks 
(1970: Negroes) and other minority groups (1980: even if it means giving 
them preferential treatment).  Others feel that the government should 
not make any special effort to help minorities because they should help 
themselves (1970: but they should be expected to help themselves).
1986 FORM A, 1988 FORM A, 1990 AND LATER:  
Some people feel that the government in Washington should make every 
(prior to 1996 only: possible) effort to improve the social and economic 
position of blacks. (1996-LATER: Suppose these people are at one end of 
a scale, at point 1). Others feel that the government should not make any
special effort to help blacks because they should help themselves.
(1996-LATER:  Suppose these people are at the other end, at point 7.
And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between,
at points 2,3,4,5 or 6).
ALL YEARS:  Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't
you thought much about it?  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Government should help minority groups/blacks
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.  Minority groups/ blacks should help themselves
9.  DK; haven't thought much about it

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  NA; telephone IW (2000); no Post IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Note that form B in 1986, form B in 1988, and all previous years
specified "blacks and other minorities" in this question, while form A
in 1986, form A in 1988, and all cases in 1990 and after specified
only "blacks."  To filter for form A/B responses, use variable
VCF0012.
2000 NOTE: 
This variable represents 7-point scale data from interviews conducted 
face-to-face; telephone respondents were administered asked a branching 
series and are not represented here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1970:  700106(type 0)  
1972:  720629 
1974:  742296  
1976:  763264  
1978:  780373
1980:  801062
1982:  820415
1984:  840382 
1986:  860426(form B),860427(form A)
1988:  880332(form A),880340(form B)  
1990:  900447 
1992:  923724
1994:  940936 
1996:  960487
1998:  980462  
2000:  000641
2004:  043158