VAR CF9150 VOTE VALID: REGISTRATION (SELF-REPORT)

VAR CF9150    VOTE VALID: REGISTRATION (SELF-REPORT)                          
              COLUMNS 872  - 872                                              
              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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