Miller, Warren E., Donald R. Kinder, Steven J. Rosenstone, and the National Election Studies
American National Election Study, 1990: Post-Election Survey
(ICPSR 9548)
SUMMARY: For this collection, two forms of the survey instrument were used, with about 75 percent of the content being the same on both forms. Survey questions included the now standard National Election Studies battery of questions, along with items on presidential performance and the Persian Gulf conflict. Additionally, Form A contained questions relating to values and individualism, while Form B had content relating to foreign relations. The file also contains post-election vote validation and election administration survey data. CLASS I (Part 1) DATA CORRECTION NOTE: The original release of 1990 data included 2,000 cases, and the ICPSR 1990 printed codebook was produced with marginals for 2,000 cases. However, it was determined later that the interview production of one 1990 interviewer was highly suspect. As a result of a review of cases, it was decided that there was a high probability that 20 interviews were either faked or conducted with ineligible respondents. THESE 20 CASES HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THE RAW DATA, SO THAT THERE ARE NOW 1,980 CASES FOR THE 1990 NES. [Deleted case IDs are: 0193,0370,0943,0946,1156,1566,1567,1569,1635, 1636,1637, 1937, 1990,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,2000]
STUDY PARTS NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS CDROM: The Field Administration File (Part 22) is a specialized hierarchical file designed to study survey nonresponse. Information is provided concerning sampling data, disposition of the case, control record variables, and information about the interviewer for the 2,000 completed interviews, plus non-sample and non-interview cases. Each of these records is associated with one or more call records that provide data for the date, day of the week, time of the call and its disposition, and the nature of the contact for those calls that resulted in contact with someone in the sample household. Class IV
UNIVERSE: All United States citizens of voting age on or before November 6, 1990, residing in housing units other than on military reservations in the 48 coterminous states.
SAMPLING: National multistage area probability sample.
Part 1: Post-Election Survey (ICPSR Version) File Structure: rectangular Cases: 1,980 Variables: 803