Table 5C.3
Government Responsiveness Index  1964-2004


                           '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
   Average Score on Index   67   78   62   61   60   55   55   58   51   34   52   **   51   **   55   **   55   55   57   71   61


     Source:  The American National Election Studies

     

     The Government Responsiveness Index is constructed as follows:
     Variable 622 (Table 5C.1) and variable 624 (Table 5C.2) are recoded:
     Not Much=0, Some=50, A Great Deal=100.
     These new scores are then totaled (Don't Know is not scored)
     and the sum is divided by the number of valid responses. The result
     is then rounded to the nearest integer.
      
     V622:  "Over the years, how much attention do you feel the government
     pays to what the people think when it decides what to do -- a good
     deal, some, or not much?"
     V624:  "And how much do you feel that having elections makes the
     government pay attention to what the people think, a good deal, some
     or not much?"
       
     This represents variables VCF0649 in the NES 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.

Table generated:  27NOV05