THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Likelihood of Conventional War  1956-2002


                           '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02 
 
              Not Worried   44   **   32   **   44   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   33   39   33   45   14   44   **   **   **   46   16 
         Somewhat Worried   43   **   46   **   45   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   45   41   50   43   43   44   **   **   **   42   50 
      Very/Pretty Worried   11   **   21   **   10   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   21   19   15   11   41   11   **   **   **   11   33 
               Don't Know    1   **    1   **    1   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **    0    1    1    1    1    1   **   **   **    0    0
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                       N  1757      1914      1559                                         1413 2249 1081 1772  974 2485                 679 1310  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4D.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1956: "Now I'd like to ask you some questions about the chances of
     our country getting into war. Would you say that at the present
     time you are pretty worried about this country getting into another
     war, somewhat worried, or not worried at all?"
     1960,1964: "How about the chances of our country getting into war.
     Would you say that at the present time you are pretty worried about
     this country getting into another war, somewhat worried, or not
     worried at all?"
     1982-1992, 2000-2002: "How worried are you about our country (1982:
     How about the chances of) getting into a conventional  war (2000 and
     2002: at this time), one in which nuclear weapons  are not used
     (1982: neither side uses nuclear weapons)?  Are you  very (1982:
     pretty) worried (1982: about this country getting into such a war at
     the present time), somewhat worried, or not worried at all?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0848 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05