World Values Survey 1995, Wave 3
United States, 1995
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- WV3_Data_USA_1995_Spss_v20180912
Rating: Previous political system (V151)
Data file: WV3_Data_USA_1995_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
1473
Invalid:
69
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
359
End:
360
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
SHOW CARD S People have different views about the system for governing this country. Here is a scale for rating how well things are going: 1 means very bad and 10 means very good.
Literal question
V151. Where on this scale would you put the political system as it was A. in communist times.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very bad | 62 |
4.2%
|
| 2 | 2 | 41 |
2.8%
|
| 3 | 3 | 95 |
6.4%
|
| 4 | 4 | 169 |
11.5%
|
| 5 | 5 | 351 |
23.8%
|
| 6 | 6 | 226 |
15.3%
|
| 7 | 7 | 248 |
16.8%
|
| 8 | 8 | 185 |
12.6%
|
| 9 | 9 | 51 |
3.5%
|
| 10 | Very good | 45 |
3.1%
|
| -4 | Not asked | 0 | |
| -2 | NA | 0 | |
| -1 | DK | 69 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
[IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE UNDERGONE A REGIME CHANGE WITHIN THE EXPERIENCE OF A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS: E.G., MENTION THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE; THE FRANCO REGIME IN SPAIN; THE MILITARY REGIME IN CHILE]; B. IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO REGIME CHANGE IN RECENT TIMES, ASK: ten years ago?