VAR 000093 Pre.Sample.16. Belt code MD: EQ 0 COLUMNS: 209 - 209 Numeric Pre-Sample.16. Belt code - interview location --------------------------------------------------------------------- See appendix "Notes on Sampling variables" and the appendix CENSUS DEFINITIONS. Coded according to the 1990 Census and 1990 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions, 1990 Census Population reports (as reported in the 1992 Annual Metro, City and County Data book) and 1990 Census "urbanized area" (as shown in the 1994 Rand McNally Road Atlas - 70th edition. NOTE: Because the RDD telephone sample did not have PSU and segment identification, it could not be provided with segment level data, including this variable (blank). NOTE: Because the RDD telephone sample did not have PSU and segment identification, segment level data, including this variable, could not be provided. 1. Central Cities of the six largest (population over 4,500,000) Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), plus the 15 next largest CMSA/MSAs (population over 2,000,000) 2. Central Cities of CMSAs and MSAs with fewer than 2,000,000 population (exclusive of those in the 21 largest CMSA/MSAs -- code 1) 3. Suburbs of the six largest CMSA/MSAs and 15 next largest CMSAs/MSAs 4. Suburb of all other CMSA/MSAs 5. Adjacent Areas: includes all territory beyond the outer boundary of the suburban belt, but within 50 miles of the central business district of a central city 6. Outlying Area: includes all territory more than 50 miles from the central business district of a central city 0. Telephone sample (RDD) 0 1 2 3 ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 801 99 185 168 4 5 6 ----- ----- ----- Count 241 264 49 ==============================