QUESTION:
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VOTE VALIDATION STUDY:
VALID_CODES:
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1. Yes
3. Registration record was found, no record of R voting
5. No registration record found; no record of voting
found
MISSING_CODES:
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0. 3,7 in VCF9152 (all years); 2 in VCF9152 (1984
1990 only); 5 in VCF9152 (1964,1976); 5 in VCF9152 or
8 in VCF9153 (1980 only)
9. 1976 non-Panel Rs
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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See note VCF9149,VCF9152.
GENERAL NOTE:
Code 3 and code 5 include cases of limited access to vote records
(codes 2 and 5 in VCF9153). Codes 3 and 5 also incorporate 1984 and
1990 cases of attempted validation by phone of Rs registered out of
area (998 in VCF9149).
In cases where registration is not required or where voting and
registration lists are for some reason kept entirely separate, this
code implies that an independent check for voting was also done and no
record of R voting was found.
In all Pre-Post years except 1964 (and some cases in 1976), this
variable includes in valid codes respondents who did not give a post-
election interview.
1964 and 1980 are the only years with cases categorized for same-day
registration. Registration was not 'checked' in such cases but voting
records WERE checked (4 in VCF9152 and [1980] 1 in VCF9153). The
results of the vote record checks for "same-day registration" Rs in
1964 and 1980 are represented here in codes 1 (voted) and 3 (did not
vote), with nocases of same-day registration coded 5.
1976 NOTE;
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 VCF9151,9152,9154,9155, 1976 prepost Rs who did
not also participate in the panel study are INAP.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1964: 640423,640424,640425
1976: 765002,765012
1978: 781400,781409,781410
1980: 801207
1984: 841121,841132
1986: 860773,860778,860789,860801
1988: 881148
1990: 902006,902045