VAR CF9152 VOTE VALID: ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE REGISTR

VAR CF9152    VOTE VALID: ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE REGISTR
              COLUMNS 1041-1041
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        VOTE VALIDATION STUDY:

        DID NES ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE R'S REGISTRATION STATUS?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE GENERAL NOTE VCF9149.

        Code 1:   For 1984 and 1990, code 1 includes telephone attempts at
        validation of cases registered outside of sample  area (998 in
        VCF9149). Similar attempts were not made in  other years.

        For 1980, code 1 includes 31 cases (code 9 in original var 1207) where
        respondent was discovered to be registered at a different address:
        note, however, that for these cases no effort was subsequently made to

        Code 2:   Applies to 1984-1990 only.  In 1984-1990, vote validation
        was intended for Rs who:
        1) reported that they voted;  or
        2) reported that they didn't vote but were registered; or
        3) had no post IW.

        That is, in years 1984-1990, POST RS WHO DID NOT REPORT THAT THEY WERE
        REGISTERED WERE NOT VALIDATED.

        Codes 3-7: All years:  complications in the ability to carry out
        registration records-checks prevented the validation of registration
        status for some Rs for whom validation was originally intended.
        Validation was intended in 1984-90 for all Rs except nonvoters who
        didn't report being  registered.  Prior to 1984, vote validation was
        intended for all NES respondents [exception:  alidation was not
        intended for 1964 no-posts (code 5).  Validation was not intended for
        1976 no-posts, however NES was able to carry out validation for some
        1976 no-posts.]
        Code 4:  although registration status was not checked (assumed
        unnecessary), voting records WERE checked (for 1980, 1 in VCF9153).

        Note that in 1986 4 cases in the original dataset for which validation
        was not attempted (due to insufficient address, no name, or registered
        out of area) were mistakenly coded "attempted."  They are corrected in
        VCF9152 (code 3) and in VCF9154-9155 (code 0).

        Only 1976 time-series respondents who also participated in the 1972-
        1974-1976 panel study (ICPSR 7607) were included in 1976 vote
        validation.  In vars 9151,9152,9154,9155, 1976 prepost Rs who did

        not also participate in the panel study are INAP.

               1.  YES, ATTEMPTED
               2.  NO:  R SAYS IS NOT REGISTERED (1984-1990);
                   R SAYS NOT REQUIRED/DK/NA IF REGISTERED (1984-1990)
               3.  NO:  NO RESPONDENT NAME AND/OR INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS (all
                   years); REGISTERED OUT OF AREA (except 1984,1990);
                   WASHINGTON D.C [NOTE: code 2 has priority]
               4.  NO:  SAME-DAY REGISTRATION (1964,1980)
               5.  NO:  RECORDS NOT SENT OUT DUE TO:  OFFICE ERROR (1980)
                   NO POST IW (1964,some cases in 1976)
               7.  NO:  OFFICE REFUSES ALL ACCESS TO REGISTRATION RECORDS

               0.  INAP, question not used; 1976 non-panel Rs

        1964:  423,424    1976:  5002       1978:  1400
        1980:  1207       1984:  1132       1986:  798
        1988:  1143       1990:  2003


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