VAR 0004 CASE ID NUMBER NO MISSING DATA CODES
REF 0004 LOC 7 WIDTH 4
CASE ID OF RESPONDENT
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Actual number is coded.
0000000. INAP, 1992 cross section
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VAR 0009 STATE/CONGRESSINAL DIST NO MISSING DATA CODES
REF 0009 LOC 37 WIDTH 4
STATE ABBREVIATION AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
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Postal state abbreviation and congressional district number.
This is an alphabetic variable.
AL03 AL04 AL06
AL07 AR01 CA05
CA07 CA09 CA10
CA11 CA14 CA15
.....
PA22 TN02 TN03
TN04 TX08 TX15
TX18 TX19 TX22
TX25 VA03 VA04
WA01 WA02 WA07
WA08 WI04 WI05
WI09 WV01 WY98
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VAR 0068 DISCSS POLTCS W/FAM,FRND MD=0 OR GE 8
REF 0068 LOC 157 WIDTH 1
Q.A5. Do you ever discuss politics with your family or
friends?
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967 1. YES
391 5. NO...(0 in Q.A5a-Q.A5b)
1 8. DK...(0 in Q.A5a-Q.A5b)
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VAR 3008 WEIGHT=PANEL/CROSS NO MISSING DATA CODES
REF 3008 LOC 1752 WIDTH 5
IMP DEC= 4
FULL SAMPLE WEIGHT
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This weight compensates for the unequal probabilities of
selection for respondents in different size households and
for differential nonresponse across geographic sample design
categories and between panel and cross-section respondents.
It is post-stratified to 1990 Census proportions for 24 age
by sex by Census region categories. This is a 5 digit
variable with 4 implicit decimal places. The weight is
centered with a mean of 1.0.
This is the first time that NES has put out a weight which
compensates for nonresponse, although it has now become a
fairly standard part of survey data collections. Such a
weight is particularly appropriate for descriptive
statistics.
See also V7000 and the Sample Design section of the
introductory materials for the 1992 Pre- and Post-Election
Survey.