1976 Time Series Study
Post-election Wave
View the 1976 Post-election Respondent Booklet
View the 1976 Post-election Questionnaire
View the 1976 Post-election Questionnaire
Administration of the 1976 Post-election Respondent Booklet:
| Question | Card/Page | Variables | Description |
| A10(a)(1) – A10(a)(5) | Page 1 | V763542-V763546 | List of 4 (and “other”) persons R talked with about election |
| B1a-B1f | Page 2 | V763548-V763553 | 9-point scale (Very poor/Very good) on rating Gov’t performance (6 levels/units) |
| B2a-B2f | Page 3 | V763554-V763559 | 7-point scale (Much less/Much more) on Gov’t institutional influence (6 levels/units) |
| B4a-B4h, B4j, B4k, B4m, B4n, B4p-B4z, B4aa | Page 4 | V763566-V763589 | Influence of 24 social groups (3 options) |
| B5, B5a, B5b | Page 5 | V763590-V763592 | Trust evaluation of 4 Gov’t institutions – 3 statements |
| C12a-C12d | Page 6 | V763635-V763638 | Frequency of TV viewing – 4 statements (4 options) |
| C16a-C16g | Page 7 | V763647-V763653 | Frequency of newspaper reading by article type – 7 statements (4 options) |
| D1a(a)-D1a(i) | Page 8 | V763656-V763664 | List of 9 reasons for R’s not voting |
| D6a-D6e | Page 9 | V763678-V763682 | List of 5 problems voters encountered in voting |
| E6a, E6a(a)-E6a(e) | Page 10 | V763694, V763695, V763697, V763699, V763701, V763703 | List of individuals R spoke to about R’s most important problem |
| E7a-E7j; E8a-E8j; E9a-E9j | Set of 10 sortcards | V763705-V763735 | 10 important issues – R’s choice(s) for non-important; Gov’t’s responsibility in dealing with R’s important issues; R’s choice for most important issues (1-4) |
| G3 | Page 11 | V763750 | Responsibility for economic problems (4 levels/units of Gov’t) |
| G4a-G4g | Page 12 | V763751-V763757 | 4-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on 7 reasons for poor people |
| G5a-G5i | Page 13 | V763758-V763766 | 7-point scale (Gov’t see to job and good SOL/each person get ahead on own) on job and good standard of living – placement for self, 2 individuals, 2 parties, 4 groups |
| G6a-G6e | Page 14 | V763767-V763771 | 7-point scale (solve problems of poverty and unemployment/use all available force) on problem of urban unrest and rioting – placement for self, 2 individuals, 2 parties |
| G7a-G7g | Page 15 | V763772-V763778 | 7-point scale (Make use of marijuana legal/Make penalties for use higher) on marijuana – placement for self, 2 individuals, 2 parties, 2 groups |
| G8a-G8h | Page 16 | V763779-V763786 | 7-point scale (Increase tax rate for high income/Same tax rate for everyone) on taxation – placement for self, 2 individuals, 2 parties, 3 groups |
| G9a-G9i | Page 17 | V763787-V763795 | 7-point scale (Equal role for women/Women’s place in the home) on women’s rights – placement for self, 2 individuals, 2 parties, 4 groups |
| G10 | Page 18 | V763796 | Opinions on abortion (4 options) |
| G14-G25 | Green sheets (3 pages) | V763802-V763814 | 12 pairs of polarized statements on discrimination (R chooses one most agreed with) |
| J1a-J1h, J1j, J1k, J1m, J1n, J1p-J1z, J1aa-J1ff | Page 19 | V763821-V763849 | Feeling Thermometer for 29 groups |
| J2a-J2h, J2j, J2k, J2m, J2n, J2p-J2s; J3 | Page 21 | V763850-V763867 | Closeness to 16 groups; Group R feels closest to |
| J9a, J10a | Page 22 | V763880, V763881 | 7-point scale (Organize as group/Work as individuals) on gaining influence, gaining economic power in ‘closest group’ |
| J11a-J11f; J12a-J12f | Page 23 | V763882-V763893 | Strategies R has used to increase closest group’s influence (6 statements); Strategies good to use and effective even if R has not done |
| L4a-L4e | Page 24 | V763914-V763918 | Personal safety from crime measures used – 5 statements |
| L5a-L5d | Page 25 | V763919-V763922 | R as witness to/victim of crime – 4 statements |
| L10a-L10e, L10a(a)-L10a(e) | Page 26 | V763931-V763940 | Rokkeach instrumental values – importance/ranked importance to R |
| L11a-L11d, L11a(a)-L11a(d) | Page 27 | V763941-V763948 | Rokkeach terminal values – importance/ranked importance to R |
| L12, L12a | Page 28 | V763949, V763950 | First, second choices on most important of 4 national goals |