VAR CF9149 VOTE VALID: OFFICE NUMBER

VAR CF9149    VOTE VALID: OFFICE NUMBER
              COLUMNS 1036-1038
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 998


        VOTE VALIDATION STUDY:

        VOTE VALIDATION OFFICE NUMBER
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        General Note:
        Vars VCF9149-9155 are variables related to special Vote Validation
        studies which have been conducted for some years of the NES time
        series. Vote validation studies were conducted in 1964, 1976, 1978,
        1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990.  Information available in the
        original Vote Validation Study data across these years varies in
        completeness and coding; for some of these years the Study data does
        not provide information (or sufficient information) to code some of
        the Cumulative Data File variables VCF9149-9155.

        This is the jurisdiction, county or municipality in which
        registration and voting records are located for persons living in the
        particular sample segment in which R was living when interviewed.

        In 1988 and 1990 only, if records were not checked for R, the vote
        validation office number which would have been assigned to R if
        his/her records had been checked was coded.

        In 1984 and 1990 only, if R reported that s/he was registered outside
        of the sample area, telephone contact with the outside  election
        office was made to attempt to elicit registration and vote information
        about R.  In 1986 and 1988, no such attempt was made, and Rs who self-
        reported their registration outside the sample area were not included
        in vote validation checks for those years.

        Note that in 1986 1 case coded 87 and 2 cases coded 152 in the
        original office number variable (VCF0772) should have been MD (records
        not checked/ registered out of area); they are corrected here (000).

        For a description of cases in code 000 SEE VCF9152 (codes 2-7).

               3-DIGIT NUMBER 1-182 CODED,  EXCEPT:

            998. R self-report registered outside of area, attempt made by
                 phone to elicit registration and vote information from
                 outside area election office (1984,1990 only)

        1984:  1120   1986:  772    1988:  1117
        1990:  714


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