government complicated version b
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_b
Question label:
Government Complicated Version B
Question text:
CAPIVERSION B Would you say that sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can't really understand what's going on, or that you really can understand what's going on?
Question universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 | 3) (Mode is face-to-face or web)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.saygovw7=2 (Respondent assigned to Government Complicated Question Version B)
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 | 1224 | 50.73% |
| proxy | -7 | 76 | 3.15% |
| sometimes so complicated can't understand | 1 | 793 | 32.86% |
| can understand all the time | 2 | 309 | 12.81% |
| spontaneous - skip question | 3 | 10 | 0.41% |
| Total | 2413 | 100.0% |
