government complicated version a
Datafile
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "Response order" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
responseoption_ip7.govcomp_a
Question label:
Government Complicated Version A
Question text:
CAPIVERSION A Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on.
Question universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 | 3) (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.saygovw7=1 (Respondent assigned to Government Complicated Question Version A)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF RESPONDENT SPONTANEOUSLY ANSWERS “DON’T KNOW”, WAIT 5 FULL SECONDS IN SILENCE TO ALLOW THE RESPONDENT TO ANSWER AGAIN BEFORE SAYING: “Thanks. If you want to skip answering this question, that’s ok, but we would really appreciate it if you would be willing to answer it, because your response will help our study a lot. Please feel free to either answer or go to the next question. Thank you”
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1188 | 49.23% |
| proxy | -7 | 76 | 3.15% |
| agree | 1 | 748 | 31.0% |
| disagree | 2 | 388 | 16.08% |
| spontaneous - skip question | 3 | 12 | 0.5% |
| Total | 2413 | 100.0% |
