VAR 000087a Pre.Sample.9a. County (alpha) COLUMNS: 181 - 181 Character Pre-Sample.9a. Name of County - Interview location (BLANKED) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This variable has been blanked to protect the confidentiality of the Respondent. NOTE: This variable was constructed for use as preload in Post-Election C3 (variable V001243), which attempts to ascertain specific registration location of the respondent. It should be noted that, although county identification in this variable for face-to-face interviews meets normal standards for accuracy, the V000087a Post preload data for RDD cases were created by imputing area code, central office codes and similar listed numbers. This method of imputation has a certain amount of error, and for RDD cases V000087a (together with corresponding county FIPS codes in a temporary restricted variable [V000087t] accessible by special permission) should not be considered as satisfying NES standards. It is the intention of NES staff to provide accurate data for county identification of RDD cases in an additional forthcoming variable (V000087b). ==============================