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VAR CF0648 INDEX- EXTERNAL EFFICACY ITEMS

VAR CF0648    INDEX- EXTERNAL EFFICACY ITEMS                                  
              COLUMNS 453  - 455                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 999

        EXTERNAL EFFICACY INDEX, 100-PT SCALE                                 
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        BUILT FROM VARS  VCF0609 AND VCF0613.                                 
                                                                              
        To construct this variable, the component vars are first recoded as   
        follows:   VCF0609,VCF0613:  1=0,2=100,3=50.  The recoded values are  
        then totalled and divided by the number of valid responses.  The      
        result is then rounded.                                               
                                                                              
                 0.  Least efficacious                                        
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               100.  Most efficacious                                         
                                                                              
               999.  Not scored in both VCF0609 and VCF0613                   
                                                                              
        1952:  118,123         1956:  108,115       1960:  107,114            
        1964:  174,177         1966:  118           1968:  517,520            
        1970:  144,147(type 0) 1972:  269,272       1974:  2222,2225          
        1976:  3815,3818       1978:  351,354       1980:  1030,1033          
        1982:  531,532         1984:  312,313       1988:  937,938            
        1990:  508,509         1992:  6102,6103     1994:  1037,1038          
        1996:  960568,961244   1998:  980524,980525                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001