VAR CF9149 VOTE VALID: OFFICE NUMBER COLUMNS 869 - 871 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 998 VOTE VALIDATION STUDY: VOTE VALIDATION OFFICE NUMBER ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. General Note: Vars VCF9149-9155 are variables related to special Vote Validation studies which have been conducted for some years of the NES time series. Vote validation studies were conducted in 1964, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990. Information available in the original Vote Validation Study data across these years varies in completeness and coding; for some of these years the Study data does not provide information (or sufficient information) to code some of the Cumulative Data File variables VCF9149-9155. This is the jurisdiction, county or municipality in which registration and voting records are located for persons living in the particular sample segment in which R was living when interviewed. In 1988 and 1990 only, if records were not checked for R, the vote validation office number which would have been assigned to R if his/her records had been checked was coded. In 1984 and 1990 only, if R reported that s/he was registered outside of the sample area, telephone contact with the outside election office was made to attempt to elicit registration and vote information about R. In 1986 and 1988, no such attempt was made, and Rs who self- reported their registration outside the sample area were not included in vote validation checks for those years. Note that in 1986 1 case coded 87 and 2 cases coded 152 in the original office number variable (VCF0772) should have been MD (records not checked/ registered out of area); they are corrected here (000). For a description of cases in code 000 SEE VCF9152 (codes 2-7). 3-DIGIT NUMBER 1-182 CODED, EXCEPT: 998. R self-report registered outside of area, attempt made by phone to elicit registration and vote information from outside area election office (1984,1990 only) 1984: 1120 1986: 772 1988: 1117 1990: 714 ==============================