World Values Survey 1982, Wave 1

United States, 1981

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USA_1982_WVS-W1_v01_M

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Ronald Inglehart

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Interest in politics (V117)

Data file: WV1_Data_United_States_1981_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 2276

Invalid: 49

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 147

End: 148

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 266 : Which of these statements comes nearest to describing your interest in politics?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Very interested	262	11.5%
2	Somewhat interested	837	36.8%
3	Not very interested	705	31%
4	Not at all interested	472	20.7%
-4	Not asked	0
-2	No answer	49

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.

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