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VAR CF0902 TYPE OF HOUSE RACE

VAR CF0902    TYPE OF HOUSE RACE                                              
              COLUMNS 561  - 562                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0

        TYPE OF HOUSE RACE                                                    
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        IMPORTANT NOTE:  NES samples are not designed to be representative    
        at the Congressional district level.  Samples include cases from      
        only some U.S. Congressional districts; for most congressional        
        districts in which interviewing actually takes place, only a small    
        number of interviews are taken.                                       
                                                                              
        THIS VARIABLE IS AVAILABLE FOR 1970, 1974 AND 1976 AS WELL AS 1978-   
        1990.  SEE NOTE ['WARNING'] BELOW.                                    
                                                                              
        The codes used in this variable differ slightly from the type of race 
        codes in the original 1978, 1980, and 1984-later study vars.  Code    
        amendments (collapsing codes 61-69 together with codes 51-59) were due
        to the necessity of incorporating 1982 codes, which were somewhat     
        different from other years.                                           
                                                                              
        Codes 40 and 49 apply to 1982 only, when, as a result of              
        redistricting, 2 incumbents were running in several congressional     
        districts.  These 1982 districts were:  NY17 (18 cases) and SD98 [at  
        large] (1 case).  For Cumulative Data File variables referent to "the 
        incumbent" and "the challenger" (i.e. vars 908-927,946,947,950-       
        960,991,993-1003-1005,1012), the incumbent who represented R's        
        sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered   
        R's 'incumbent' in these variables and the other candidate (incumbent 
        previously not representing R's sample location) has been considered  
        the 'challenger' to the running  incumbent.  For 1982 cases in NY17   
        (code 40), this means that the Democratic incumbent has been          
        considered "the incumbent" and the Republican incumbent has been      
        designated as "the challenger."  For the 1982 case in SD98 (code 49), 
        the Republican incumbent has been regarded "the incumbent" and the    
        Democratic incumbent as "the challenger."                             
                                                                              
        In one district in 1992 (LA06), two Republican 'incumbents' ran       
        against each other due to redistricting, but neither candidate had    
        previously represented the actual geographic area.  As a result, this 
        race has been designated a unique type (45) and neither candidate has 
        been treated as an 'incumbent.'  In all House-level feeling           
        thermometers, likes/ dislikes, contact etc. the 1992 LA06 race has    
        been treated as if it had been an open race:  data for one Republican 
        candidate [always the same candidate] has been folded into the        
        variable normally reserved for the Democratic candidate.  A note has  
        been provided in each variable in which this approach has been taken  
        for 1992 LA06 data.                                                   
                                                                              
        1992 Special Note:   Late in 1994, in conjunction with field work for 
        the 1994 NES, it became apparent that in 71 cases of the 1992 NES     
        Study an incorrect CD number had been assigned.  These errors affect  
        all questions related to House race which are administered according  
        to assigned-CD candidate names.  In the introduction to this codebook 
        is a listing of 1992 (pre) case IDs with correct congressional        
        districts, however no data have been changed in this file as a        
        result.  Users of CDF data can delete these cases from affected vars  
        if desired.                                                           
                                                                              
        Note that the 1978 data in this variable do not exactly match the data
        in the original 1978 NES dataset:  several congressional districts in 
        1978 were not accurately coded by NES for type of House race.  MS03   
        was coded as 14 in the original 1978 data but should have been coded  
        12 (24 cases);  NY19 was coded as 12 in the original 1978 data but    
        should have been coded 14 (9 cases);  NY38 was coded as 21 but should 
        have been coded 24 (14 cases).  In VCF0902 these cases have been      
        corrected.  However, note that in other Cumulative Data File          
        900s-series congressional vars except for VCF0904, VCF0905 and        
        VCF1004-1014,  candidate-level data (e.g., contact vars, thermometers,
        likes/dislikes continue to accord with the original 1978 dataset's    
        incorrectly designated type of race for MS03, NY19 and NY38.          
                                                                              
        1984 corrections:  1 case in TX 22 and 1 case in WA01 were mistakenly 
        coded 65 in the original dataset and have been corrected to 55 here.  
        Also, 1 case in WI05 was mistakenly coded 13 and has been corrected to
        14 here.  1 case in OH08 and 1 case in WI09 were mistakenly coded 12  
        and have been corrected to 21 here.  Finally, 4 cases in CA38 were    
        incorrectly coded (1 as 13, 3 as 21) and have been corrected to 12    
        here.  These changes have been reflected in VCF1004 and VCF1005 where 
        necessary.                                                            
                                                                              
        For 1992 'panel' cases, this provides the type of race for the 1992   
        congressional district of R's original address (address when sample   
        selection was made in 1990) rather than the address to which R may    
        have moved by the time of the 1992 interview(s).                      
                                                                              
        For 1994 and 1996, codes represent in all cases type of race in CD of 
        interview location [see note VCF0900 and VCF0901] for the current     
        Study year.                                                           
                                                                              
        WARNING:  In 1970, 1974 and 1976, no type of race var was present in  
        the original NES datasets.  Data for these years have been added to   
        VCF0902 by implementing a case-by-case determination of type of race  
        for every R's congressional district through consultation of reference
        materials.  The resultant data in VCF0902 for these years have been   
        checked somewhat, but perfect accuracy cannot be guaranteed due to the
        nature of attempting case-by-case coding.  The possibility of some    
        error must be recognized, and the type of race established in VCF0902 
        (and data in VCF0904-905 by derivation) for 1970, 1974 and 1976 should
        be used with caution and at the user's risk.  If you find errors,     
        please notify NES staff.                                              
                                                                              
        1996 note: 14 Pre interviews were conducted before the status of      
        the congressional race in R's district assumed its final form.  These 
        cases are flagged in 1996 Study variable V960127, and the race type   
        projected at the time the Pre interview was administered is documented
        in 1996 Study variable V960128. (In such cases Pre survey data are    
        consistent with V960128.)                                             
                                                                              
        1998 note:  2 districts had the incorrect type of race identified,    
        and the 1998 instrument was administered according to the incorrect   
        type of House race.  Cumulative Data File variables utilize 1998      
        data which have not had corrections made:  In 1998, cases in AL07     
        should have been type race 14 (instead of 24); cases in CA41 should   
        have been type race 55 (instead of 12).                               
                                                                              
               12.  Democratic incumbent running--Republican challenger       
               13.  Democratic incumbent--other challenger                    
               14.  Democratic incumbent running--unopposed                   
               19.  Democratic incumbent running--Republican challenger       
                    and others                                                
                                                                              
               21.  Republican incumbent running--Democratic challenger       
               23.  Republican incumbent--other challenger                    
               24.  Republican incumbent running--unopposed                   
               29.  Republican incumbent running--Democratic challenger       
                    and others                                                
                                                                              
               31.  Other incumbent running--Democratic challenger            
               32.  Other incumbent running--Republican challenger            
               34.  Other incumbent running--unopposed                        
                                                                              
               40.  Democratic and Republican incumbents running--no          
                    other candidate (1982 only:  see note above)              
               45.  Two Republican incuments running (1992 only: see          
                    note above)                                               
               49.  Democratic and Republican incumbents running--other       
                    candidate (1982 only:  see note above)                    
                                                                              
               51.  No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic candidate          
                    unopposed                                                 
               52.  No incumbent Repr. running--Republican candidate          
                    unopposed                                                 
               53.  No incumbent Repr. running--other candidate unopposed     
               55.  No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and Republican     
                    candidates                                                
               56.  No incumbent Repr. running--Republican and other          
                    candidates                                                
               57.  No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and other          
                    candidates                                                
               59.  No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and Republican     
                    and other candidates                                      
                                                                              
               85.  No identifiable incumbent, Democratic and Republican      
                    candidates in open race due to redistricting (1992        
                    ONLY)                                                     
               00.  INAP, Washington D.C.; California (1974 only, due to      
                    redistricting type of race could not be determined);      
                    question not used                                         
                                                                              
        1978:  780004   1980:  800740   1982:  820006                         
        1984:  840059   1986:  860043   1988:  880050                         
        1990:  900058   1992:  923021   1994:  940017                         
        1996:  960097   1998:  980065                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001