VAR CF9150 VOTE VALID: REGISTRATION (SELF-REPORT)

VAR CF9150    VOTE VALID: REGISTRATION (SELF-REPORT)
              COLUMNS 1039-1039
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        VOTE VALIDATION STUDY:

        SELF-REPORT OF REGISTRATION
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE GENERAL NOTE VCF9149.

        CODE 1:   Respondents who said that they voted have implicitly claimed
        to be registered to vote (even "same-day registration" states usually
        require registration).

        CODE 2:   In NES, only those who said that they did not vote are
        explicitly asked if they were registered so they could have voted.

               1.  YES, IMPLICIT  (R SELF-REPORT VOTED)
               2.  YES, EXPLICIT
               3.  NO, not registered; DK, NA ETC

               0.  No post IW (no self-report of registration)
                  (1980,1984,1988);
                   INAP, question not used

        1978:  470,484        1980:  988,1011        1984:  783,802
        1986:  276            1988:  1142            1990:  279,280


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