VAR CF1015 INTERVIEW NO. DAYS BEFORE ELECTION (PRE) COLUMNS 708 - 709 NUMERIC MD EQ 99 NUMBER OF DAYS FROM PRE-ELECTION IW UNTIL DAY OF ELECTION ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. IMPORTANT NOTE: NES studes are note designed to produce representative samples with respect to this variable (pre-election time period). SEE VCF1016 note. In 1992, two cases of interviews mistakenly coded 11/2/1992 should have been coded 11/3/1992 [election day but prior to voting]; the correct date has been used in the calculation here. Exact number of days is coded, except: 99. NA; INAP, no pre IW (1952,1960); abbreviated pre IW (1980,see VCF0015); question not used (non-presidential years) 1952: 10 1956: 9 1960: 12 1964: 14 1968: 22 1972: 22 1976: 3023 1980: 25 1984: 32 1988: 43,44 1990: 52,53 1992: 3026,3027 1996: 960013 ==============================