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VCF9122 Number of Politically Eligible Adults in Household

QUESTION:
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Household composition, number of politically eligible adults

VALID_CODES:
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1.   One politically eligible adult
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Seven or more politically eligible adults

MISSING_CODES:
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9.   NA; Panel (1992,1996)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
NES samples include eligible persons residing in the coterminous 48 
states and not institutionalized.  Eligible persons are those eligible
to vote by age and and U.S. citizen status.
1966 NOTE:
Politically eligible adults are represented from the primary family 
unit only. 1966 Rs who were politically eligible but from a secondary 
family unit (23 CASES) are missing data, code 9. 'Politically eligible' 
adults were citizens who were 18 or over in Georgia and Kentucky, 21 or 
over elsewhere.
1968 NOTE:
'Politically eligible' adults were citizens who were 18 or over in 
Georgia and Kentucky, 21 or over elsewhere.
1972-LATER NOTE:
Respondents were politically eligible if they were 18 or older by
election day and U.S. citizens.
2002 NOTE:
Respondents were politically eligible if they were 18 or older on
the day of interview and U.S. citizens.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1966:  660016 
1968:  680020 
1972:  720019 
1974:  742020  
1976:  763021 
1978:  780038
1980:  800043 
1982:  820053 
1984:  840070 
1986:  860014  
1988:  880091 
1990:  900029
1992:  923076 
1994:  940058 
1996:  960046 
1998:  980035
2000:  000039 
2002:  021106
2004:  041102a


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03