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VCF9076 President Placement: Aid to Blacks Scale

QUESTION:
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1970-1984,1988 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 ot help minorities because they should help
themselves.
1988 FORM A, 1990 AND LATER:  
Some people feel that the government in Washington should make every 
possible effort to improve the social and economic position of blacks.  
Others feel that the government should not make any special effort to 
help blacks because they should help themselves.
2004:
Please look at page [page] of the booklet.
Some people feel that the government in Washington
should make every effort to improve the social and
economic position of blacks. (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.
(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.
Where would you place [president] on this issue?
ALL YEARS:  
Where would you place [president] on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN)

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Government should help minority blacks/minorities
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Blacks/minorities should help themselves

MISSING_CODES:
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8. DK
9. NA; no Post IW; telephone IW (2000)
0. R self-rating is DK or "haven't thought much
   about it" on same 7pt scale (1972-1984,1988,
   1990); R self-rating is "haven't thought much about
   it" (1970)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9073.
ADDITIONAL NOTE:
Note that form B in 1988 and all previous years specified "blacks and
other minorities" in this question while form A in 1988 and all cases
in 1990 specified only "blacks."  To filter for form A/B responses,
use variableVCF0012.
2000 NOTE:
Telephone respondents were asked a branching series and are excluded 
here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1970:  700109  
1972:  720630 
1974:  742297 
1976:  763265  
1978:  780374  
1980:  801063
1982:  820416  
1984:  840383 
1988:  880339(form A,880347(form B)  
1990:  900448 
1994:  940937
1996:  960490  
2000:  000646
2004:  043160


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03