VAR CF1006 1ST RECALL HOUSE CANDIDATE - CAND CODE

VAR CF1006    1ST RECALL HOUSE CANDIDATE - CAND CODE                          
              COLUMNS 696  - 697                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 97                                                

        Do you happen to remember the names of the candidates for Congress--  
        that is, for the House of Representatives in Washington--who ran in   
        this district this November [1996-later: the November election from   
        this district]?  (IF YES:)  Who were they?  What was [1996:-later:]   
        <House candidate's> party?                                            
                                                                              
        FIRST CANDIDATE RECALL-- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                     
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        In the original NES datasets 1978 and later, the recall variables     
        which appeared had codes comparable to the codes appearing in CDF vars
        1006-1008.  Prior to 1978, however, recall vars in NES datasets were  
        coded quite differently, and translating pre-1978 recall data into CF 
        VCF1006-1008 data involves lengthy case-by-case consultation to       
        reference sources for type of race in R's congressional district.     
        Among pre-1978 studies, recall data have been incorporated into CF    
        vars 1006-1008 from 1970 and 1974 only.  NO attempt has been made to  
        include recall data from NES studies prior to 1970.  (NOTE:  recall   
        questions were not asked in 1976, and redistricting which took place  
                                                                              
        1970 (and 1974):  every House candidate in U.S. congressional         
        elections was assigned a unique candidate number.  Correct names of   
        candidates given by R in response to the recall question were coded   
        within the original 1970 dataset by that individual candidate number. 
        Indications are that, if the name mentioned by the respondent was not 
        on a complete list of candidates and candidate numbers which existed  
        for R's STATE, then the response was simply coded as 'incorrect.'     
        However, it is not apparent that any attempt was made to ascertain    
        whether a name "correctly" given was actually a correct name from the 
        congressional race in R's own district:  if R correctly named a       
        candidate from another-- or wrong-- district within the state, the    
        response was still included among 'correct' responses.  For cumulative
        file vars 1006-1008, individual candidate numbers within the original 
        1970 recall var have been examined on a case-by-case basis to         
        determine if the candidate number given by R corresponded to a name   
        from the race in R's own congressional district.  If so, the response 
        has been included as a recall.  If not, the response has been coded as
        no recall (99 MD).  This same procedure was followed for including    
        1974 data in VCF1006-1008, although the original study's method for   
        handling individual candidate codes of names outside R's district of  
        residence was not specifically described in any 1974 study            
        documentation.  Additional note for 1970 and 1974:   to create the    
        specific candidate-type codes which appear in CDF VCF1006-1008, each  
        correctly recalled name (once determined appropriate to R's           
        congressional district) was checked individually according to type of 
        race to determine the named candidate's exact status (e.g., Republican
        incumbent, etc.).                                                     
                                                                              
        WARNING:  The procedures used in the creation of VCF1006-1008 for 1970
        and 1974 produced data that have been checked somewhat, but perfect   
        accuracy cannot be completely guaranteed due to the nature of         
        attempting case-by-case correction.  In addition, in years prior to   
        1978, no 'type of race' var was present in original NES datasets:     
        data have been added to 'type of race' Cumulative Data File var 902   
        for 1970 and 1974 (and also 1976) using another lengthy, case-by-case 
        procedure.  Although the resultant 'type of race' data have also been 
        checked to some extent, the possibility of some error must be         
        recognized; the 'type of race' established for 1970 and 1974 --and, as
        a further result, data in VCF1006-1008 for 1970 and 1974 (which have  
        been built using type-of-race data)-- should be used with caution and 
        at the user's risk.  If you find errors, please notify NES staff.     
                                                                              
              31.  Democratic candidate in race without running incumbent     
              32.  Republican candidate in race without running incumbent     
              33.  Democratic incumbent                                       
              34.  Republican incumbent                                       
              35.  Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent              
              36.  Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent              
              80.  Independent/liberal/conservative/minor party candidate [not
                    used after 1988: combined into code 97]                   
                                                                              
              97.  Name given not on candidate list for House                 
              99.  R says s/he remembers names but when asked for name replies
                   DK or NA; R says s/he does not remember any (or DK/NA if   
                   remembers any) names; INAP, Washington D.C.; California    
                  (1974 only, due to redistricting type of race could not be  
                  determined); no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996);     
                  short form (1992)                                           
             00.  INAP, question not used                                     
                                                                              
       1970:  203      1974:  2215     1978:  116                             
       1980:  924      1982:  100      1984:  738                             
       1986:  1-4      1988:  566      1990:  108                             
       1992:  5110     1994:  211      1996:  961007                          
       1998:  980224                                                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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