VAR 000038 Pre.CSheet.7. Selection table

VAR 000038    Pre.CSheet.7. Selection table
              MD:  EQ 9
              COLUMNS:  108 - 108
              Numeric

   Pre-CSheet.7.

       PRE - COVERSHEET
       HOUSEHOLD LISTING:
       Selection table
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       The Selection Table is used to select a respondent from
       all household members who are eligible adults.(An
       eligible adult is a U.S. citizen who is 18 years of age or
       older by Election Day.)  The Selection Table appears on
       the Coversheet below the Household Listing.

       After a complete listing of the HH is taken, each eligible
       adult is assigned a "Number" based on the criteria of
       gender and age [beginning with the oldest male as number
       1, males are numbered by increments of 1 according to
       descending age; females are numbered by descending age
       starting with the number one higher than that assigned
       to the youngest male].  The interviewer then uses the
       Selection Table to determine the "Number" of the eligible
       adult to be interviewed.

       The Selection Table itself consists of 2 parallel
       columns.  In the first column the interviewer circles the
       total number of eligible adults in the household; in the
       second column (same row) is identified the Number" of the
       person who will be the respondent.

       There are 8 different Selection Tables used and they are
       randomly assigned. [Note that although only 8 tables are
       used, there are 12 codes in this variable because the 8
       tables are used in cycles of 12; this procedure is used to
       equalize the probability of selection for each eligible
       adult].  A summary describing all 8 Selection Tables
       appears below.

          PERSONS   PERSON SELECTED (person "Number")
                    ---------------------------------
                    A  B1   B2  C   D   E1 E2   F

         1          1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
         2          1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2
         3          1   1   1   2   2   3   3   3
         4          1   1   2   2   3   3   4   4
         5          1   2   2   2   4   3   5   5
         6 or more  1   2   2   2   4   5   5   6

       1. Selection table A
       2. Selection table B1
       3. Selection table B2
       4. Selection table C
       5. Selection table D
       6. Selection table E1
       7. Selection table E2
       8. Selection table F

       9. Missing coversheet (1 in Pre-Csheet.1)

                      1        2        3        4        5
                   -----    -----    -----    -----    -----
          Count     274      152      135      304      299

                      6        7        8        9
                   -----    -----    -----    -----
          Count     161      149      309       24


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