VAR CF0112 CENSUS REGION

VAR CF0112    CENSUS REGION
              COLUMNS 112-112
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        REGION - U.S. CENSUS
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        This variable represents the region codes of the U.S. Census.  A
        variable for U.S. Census-defined regions began appearing in NES
        datasets beginning in 1980.  For years prior to 1980, VCF0112 has
        been recoded from the original ICPSR state code var, except for 1952,
        1954, 1962.

        In the original 1952 and 1962 NES datasets, no state variable was
        present, however the Cumulative Data File state variable (VCF0901)
        was created for these 2 years from sampling location information; for
        1952, 1962, CDF VCF0901 has been used to create vars VCF0112 and
        VCF0113.

        In the original 1954 NES dataset, no state variable was present and no
        other location information was available to create a 1954 version of
        Cumulative Data File VCF0901 (state).  For 1954, var VCF0112 has been
        taken from a non-Census version region variable which appeared in the
        original dataset and which was comprised of categories containing
        unspecified states.  The original 1954 NES region categories were:
        1. Northeast;  2. Midwest 3. South; 4. Far West.
        These code numbers were not reassigned by recode for the 1954 data
        in VCF0112 and VCF0113.  As a result, the 1954 data for VCF0112
        and VCF0113 may not correspond exactly to the regions of other years.

        For 1994 and 1996 panel respondents who moved after being interviewed
        in the previous Study year, the region of the country coded in VCF0112
        and VCF0113, as well as other geographical information included in the
        Cumulative Data File, corresponds to the place where R was interviewed
        for the current Study.

           1.  Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)
           2.  North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)
           3.  South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC,
                      TN, TX, VA, WV)
           4.  West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)

           0.  NA (1948)

        1952:  520005         1954:  540019     1956:  560007
        1958:  580009         1960:  600010     1962:  620003
        1964:  640012         1966:  660010     1968:  680014
        1970:  700018(type 0) 1972:  472000     1974:  742005
        1976:  763005         1978:  780012     1980:  800023
        1982:  820014         1984:  840009     1986:  860025
        1988:  880008         1990:  900008     1992:  923014
        1994:  940011         1996:  960115     1998:  980098
        2000:  000092


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