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CODEBOOK INTRODUCTION FILE
1962 POST-ELECTION STUDY
(1962.T)










                     AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES
                          1962 POST ELECTION STUDY




                          PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

                         POLITICAL BEHAVIOR PROGRAM

                          SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER (S714)
                          UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN







                      NOVEMBER 6, 1962 - DECEMBER 15, 1962






















                        ICPSR ARCHIVE NUMBER 7217
                        ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ASSISTANCE


          ALL MANUSCRIPTS UTILIZING DATA MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE

       CONSORTIUM SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT AS WELL AS IDENTIFY

       THE ORIGINAL COLLECTOR OF THE DATA.  THE ICPSR COUNCIL URGES

       ALL USERS OF ICPSR DATA FACILITIES TO FOLLOW SOME ADAPTATION

       OF THIS STATEMENT WITH THE PARENTHESES INDICATING ITEMS TO

       BE FILLED IN APPROPRIATELY OR DELETED BY THE INDIVIDUAL USER.

             THE DATA (AND TABULATIONS) UTILIZED IN THIS
             (PUBLICATION) WERE MADE AVAILABLE (IN PART) BY
             THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL
             RESEARCH.  THE DATA WERE ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY
             THE SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
             PROGRAM.  NEITHER THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS OF THE
             DATA NOR THE CONSORTIUM BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY
             FOR THE ANALYSES OR INTERPRETATIONS PRESENTED
             HERE.

          IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING AGENCIES WITH ESSENTIAL INFOR-

       MATION ABOUT THE USE OF ARCHIVAL RESOURCES, AND TO FACILITATE

       THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ICPSR PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH

       ACTIVITIES, EACH USER OF THE ICPSR DATA FACILITIES IS EXPECTED

       TO SEND TWO COPIES OF EACH COMPLETED MANUSCRIPT TO THE

       CONSORTIUM.  PLEASE INDICATE IN THE COVER LETTER WHICH DATA

       WERE USED.






                          CONTENTS


           Note: >>sections in the codebook introduction and
           codebook appendix can be navigated in the
           machine-readable files by searching ">>".




INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL  (file int1962.cbk)
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>> 1962 STUDY DESCRIPTION
>> 1962 SAMPLING INFORMATION
>> 1962 PROCESSING INFORMATION
>> 1962 CODEBOOK INFORMATION
>> 1962 VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST



CODEBOOK
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1962 variables



APPENDICES  (file app1962.cbk)
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>> 1962 PSU CODE
















>> 1962 STUDY DESCRIPTION

           THE 1962 ELECTION STUDY (SRC 714) IS THE SEVENTH IN A
       SERIES OF STUDIES OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE
       SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER POLITICAL BEHAVIOR PROGRAM SINCE 1948.
       THE ELECTION STUDY DATA WAS TAKEN FROM THE 1962 FALL OMNIBUS
       SURVEY, CONDUCTED BY THE SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER ECONOMIC
       BEHAVIOR PROGRAM AS ONE OF A SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS OF
       CONSUMER OPTIMISM AND CONFIDENCE.  THE OMNIBUS WAS DESIGNED
       TO THROW LIGHT ON PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR PERSONAL
       FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN THE NATION AND
       MARKET CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS THEIR PLANS TO MAKE MAJOR
       PURCHASES.  QUESTIONS WERE CONCERNED WITH ECONOMIC ATTITUDES
       AND BEHAVIOR, POLITICAL ATTITUDES, TRAVEL, GEOGRAPHIC
       MOBILITY, FAMILY EXPECTATIONS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION.
           THE ELECTION STUDY EMPHASIZES POLITICAL ATTITUDES IN
       GENERAL, AND ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR PERTINENT TO THE
       1962 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.  RESPONDENTS WERE INTERVIEWED
       AFTER THE DATE OF THE ELECTION (NOVEMBER 7, 1962 THROUGH
       DECEMBER 15, 1962).  THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE CONTAINED BOTH
       CLOSED AND OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS ASCERTAINING A WIDE RANGE OF
       INFORMATION, CONCERNED FOR THE MOST PART WITH ECONOMIC AND
       POLITICAL ATTITUDES, FAMILY EXPECTATIONS AND PERSONAL
       INFORMATION.  THIS INCLUDES DATA ON ATTITUDES TOWARD THE
       FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, VOTING BEHAVIOR, POLITICAL ACTIVITIES,
       SOME EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND
       EXPECTATIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL CHANGES.








>> 1962 SAMPLING INFORMATION



           LIKE OTHER SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER SAMPLES, THE 1962 FALL
       OMNIBUS SURVEY CONSTITUTES A CROSS-SECTION OF THE POPULATION
       LIVING IN PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
       (ALASKA AND HAWAII ARE EXCLUDED).  TRANSIENTS, RESIDENTS OF
       INSTITUTIONS, AND PERSONS LIVING ON MILITARY RESERVATIONS
       ARE NOT REPRESENTED.  A MULTI-STAGE, STRATIFIED PROBABILITY
       SAMPLE OF DWELLING UNITS IS DRAWN IN 66 PRIMARY SAMPLING
       UNITS (THE 12 LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS AND 54 OTHER AREAS,
       SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF VARIOUS CONTROLS).

           OMNIBUS SAMPLES DIFFER FROM POLITICAL BEHAVIOR SAMPLES
       IN TWO WAYS:

       1.  NON-CITIZENS AND SOME PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE
       BECAUSE OF AGE HAVE A CHANCE OF SELECTION.  ALL PERSONS OVER
       18 HAVE A CHANCE OF SELECTION.  IN ADDITION, PERSONS UNDER
       18 WHO ARE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD OR WIVES OF HEADS OF
       HOUSEHOLDS CAN BE INTERVIEWED.
           IN STRICTLY POLITICAL BEHAVIOR SURVEYS, THESE INELIGIBLE
       PERSONS (UNDER 18 IN KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA; UNDER 21 IN THE
       OTHER STATES; NON-CITIZENS) ARE NOT PUT ON THE LISTING BOX
       AND CONSEQUENTLY HAVE NO CHANCE OF SELECTION.  THEY ARE, BY
       DEFINITION, PART OF THE UNIVERSE OF THE 1962 FALL OMNIBUS
       SURVEY, BUT ALL SUCH INELIGIBLE PERSONS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED
       FROM THE ARCHIVED DATA (THERE WERE 55 NON-CITIZENS AND
       UNDER-AGE PERSONS).

       2.  THE SELECTION OF THE RESPONDENT DIFFERS CONSIDERABLY.  IN
       POLITICAL BEHAVIOR SURVEYS ALL ELIGIBLE ADULTS ARE LISTED
       ON THE FACE SHEET IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY, AND ONE ADULT IS
       SELECTED AT RANDOM (SEE LESLIE KISH, "A PROCEDURE FOR
       OBJECTIVE RESPONDENT SELECTION WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD,"
       JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, SEPTEMBER,
       1949, VOL. 44, PP. 380-387).
           IN THE OMNIBUS SURVEYS, ALL ELIGIBLE ADULTS (BY OMNIBUS
       DEFINITION) ARE LISTED ON THE FACE SHEET, BUT ONLY HEADS OF
       HOUSEHOLDS AND WIVES ARE INTERVIEWED.  IN FAMILIES WHERE THE
       HEAD IS MARRIED, HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE SELECTED ALTERNATELY
       AS RESPONDENTS; WHERE THE HEAD IS UNMARRIED, HE (OR SHE)
       IS AUTOMATICALLY THE RESPONDENT.  IN THE FEW INSTANCES WHERE
       SEVERAL UNRELATED FAMILIES RESIDE IN THE DWELLING UNIT,
       A SEPARATE INTERVIEW IS OBTAINED FROM ONE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
       OR WIFE IN EACH FAMILY (THESE SECONDARY SELECTIONS, AS THEY
       ARE CALLED, ARE IDENTIFIED BY A CODE 5 OR 6 IN THE INITIAL
       DIGIT OF THE INTERVIEW NUMBER).
           GIVEN THE NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY SIZE
       (17% ONE PERSON, 68% TWO PERSON, AND 15% WITH THREE OR MORE
       ADULTS), THE EXCLUSION FROM THE SAMPLE OF ALL THIRD, FOURTH,
       FIFTH, ETC., ADULTS WITHIN A GIVEN HOUSEHOLD INTRODUCES SOME
       BIAS IN THE ATTEMPT TO REPRESENT THE UNIVERSE OF CITIZENS OF
       VOTING AGE.  HOWEVER, IN SEVERAL PAST OMNIBUS STUDIES THERE
       HAS BEEN NO DETECTIBLE DISTORTION OF ANY ESTIMATE OF STANDARD
       INFORMATION WHICH COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ASPECT OF THE
       SAMPLE.

>> 1962 PROCESSING INFORMATION

           THE STUDY WAS PROCESSED ACCORDING TO ICPSR STANDARD
       PROCESSING PROCEDURES;  THE CODE CATEGORIES WERE RECODED TO
       CONFORM TO ICPSR STANDARDIZED CODES WHERE APPLICABLE, AND
       THE DATA WERE CHECKED FOR INCONSISTENT AND ILLEGAL CODES.
       THE LATTER WERE CORRECTED BY REFERRING TO THE ORIGINAL
       INTERVIEW SCHEDULES, WHERE POSSIBLE.

           IN USING THIS CODEBOOK SEVERAL FEATURES SHOULD BE
       NOTED.  THE FIRST IS THAT THE TENS DIGITS OF MOST TWO DIGIT
       CODES MAY BE MEANINGFULLY USED ALONE.  (THE GAPS THAT APPEAR
       IN SOME OF THE TWO DIGIT STANDARDIZED CODES REPRESENT VALUES
       NOT USED IN THIS STUDY.)  ANOTHER IS THAT IN MANY CASES, BOTH
       IN THE BODY OF THE CODEBOOK AND IN THE FOOTNOTES, TEXT IS
       BRACKETED IN < AND > SIGNS.  ALL TEXT SO BRACKETED WAS NOT
       CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT BUT WAS ADDED BY THE
       PROCESSOR, EITHER FOR EXPLANATORY PURPOSES OR IN ORDER TO 
       MAKE VARIABLES INDEPENDENT OF ONE ANOTHER BY MAKING IT
       UNNECESSARY TO REFER TO ONE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE TEXT
       OF ANOTHER. VARIABLE NAMES IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOLLOWED
       BY AN ASTERISK HAVE SPECIAL ICPSR STANDARDIZED CODES.  THOSE
       PRECEDED BY AN X DESIGNATE A VARIABLE DEPENDENT ON SOME
       OTHER  VARIABLE, DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERVIEW
       SCHEDULE.










>> 1962 CODEBOOK INFORMATION

The following example from the 1948 NES study provides the standard 
format for codebook variable documentation. 

Note that NES studies which are not part of the Time-Series usually
omit marginals and the descriptive content in lines 2-5 (except for
variable name).


Line

1  ==============================                                              
2  VAR 480026    NAME-R NOT VT-WAS R REG TO VT                                 
3                COLUMNS 61   - 61                                             
4                NUMERIC                                                       
5                MD=0 OR GE 8                                                  
6                                                                              
7                  Q. 17.  (IF R DID NOT VOTE)  WERE YOU REGISTERED (ELIGIBLE)
8                  TO VOTE.                                                   
9                  ...........................................................
10                                                                            
11            82       1.  YES                                                
12           149       2.  NO                                                 
13                                                                             
14             0       8.  DK                                                 
15             9       9.  NA                                                 
16           422       0.  INAP., R VOTED                                     
                                                                            


Line 2 - VARIABLE NAME.  Note that in the codebook the variable name
         (usually a 'number') does not include the "V" prefix which is 
         used in the release SAS and SPSS data definition files
         (.sas and .sps files) for all variables including those
         which do not have 'number' names.  For example the variable
         "VERSION" in the codebook is "VVERSION" in the data definition
         files.

Line 2 - "NAME".  This is the variable label used in the SAS and SPSS
         data definition files (.sas and .sps files).  Some codebooks 
         exclude this.

Line 3 - COLUMNS.  Columns in the ASCII data file (.dat file).

Line 4 - CHARACTER OR NUMERIC.  If numeric and the variable is a decimal
         rather than integer variable, the numer of decimal places is 
         also indicated (e.g. "NUMERIC  DEC 4")

Line 5 - Values which are assigned to missing by default in the Study's
         SAS and and SPSS data definition files (.sas and .sps files).

Line 7 - Actual question text for survey variables or a description of 
         non-survey variables (for example, congressional district).
         Survey items usually include the question number (for example
         "B1a.") from the Study questionnaire; beginning in 1996 
         non-survey items also have unique item numbers (for example
         "CSheet.1").

Line 9 - A dashed or dotted line usually separates question text from
         any other documentation which follows.

Line 10- When present, annotation provided by Study staff is presented
         below the question text/description and preceding code values.

Lines 11-16
         Code values are listed with descriptive labels.  Valid codes
         (those not having 'missing' status in line 5) are presented
         first, followed by the values described in line 5.  For
         continuous variables, one line may appear providing the range
         of possible values.  A blank line usually separates the 'valid'
         and 'missing' values.

Lines 11-16
         Marginals are usually provided for discrete variables.  The
         counts may be unweighted or weighted; check the Study codebook
         introductory text to determine weight usage.
>> 1962 VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST


     VARIABLE  VARIABLE LABEL
     --------  --------------

     VERSION    NES VERSION NUMBER
     DSETNO     NES DATASET NUMBER
     620001     ICPSR ARCHIVE NUMBER
     620002     INTERVIEW NUMBER

                   STUDY PROCEDURE AND SAMPLING

     620003     PRIMARY SAMPLING UNIT AND PLACE IDENTIFICATION
     620004     DISTANCE FROM CENTER OF SMSA
     620005     DATE OF INTERVIEW                                

                   PERSONAL DATA

     620006     NUMBER OF ADULTS IN FAMILY
     620007     ADULT NUMBER OF RESPONDENT
     620008     RESPONDENT'S RELATIONSHIP TO
                      HEAD OF FAMILY
     620009     AGE OF RESPONDENT
     620010     AGE OF RESPONDENT (BRACKETED)
     620011     SEX OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
     620012     AGE OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
     620013     AGE OF HEAD (BRACKETED)

                   FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CONDITIONS

     620014     RESPONDENT BETTER FINANCIALLY THAN LAST YEAR
     620015     MAKE MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR
     620016     DO PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT NEXT YEAR
     620017     WILL R BE BETTER OFF FINANCIALLY NEXT YEAR
     620018     PAST YEAR PRICES ROSE OR FELL
     620019     WILL NEXT YEAR'S PRICES RISE OR FALL
     620020     XWILL PRICE CHANGE BE GOOD OR BAD
     620021     IN FIVE YEARS WILL PRICES RISE OR FALL
     620022     NEXT 12 MONTHS GOOD FINANCIALLY
     620023     PRESENT BUSINESS CONDITIONS BETTER OR WORSE
     620024     WORLD RELATIONSHIPS AFFECT BUSINESS CONDITIONS
     620025     WHY DO WORLD RELATIONSHIPS AFFECT BUSINESS
                 CONDITIONS
     620026     SHOULD GOVERNMENT REDUCE INCOME TAXES
     620027     IS THERE MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THIS AREA
     620028     XIN PAST MONTHS HAS UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASED
     620029     NEXT YEAR WILL UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGE
     620030     XWHY WILL UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGE NEXT YEAR
     620031     WILL BUSINESS CONDITIONS BE BETTER NEXT YEAR
     620032     IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS WILL WE HAVE GOOD TIMES
     620033     IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS WILL WE HAVE DEPRESSION
     620034     WILL WE HAVE RECESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

                   VOTING BEHAVIOR

     620035     R'S PARTY IDENTIFICATION *
     620036     VOTE IN HOW MANY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

     620037     XALWAYS VOTE SAME PARTY FOR PRESIDENT
     620038     1960 VOTE FOR KENNEDY OR NIXON
     620039     INTERESTED IN 1962 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
     620040     USUALLY FOLLOW POLITICS CLOSELY
     620041     VOTED IN 1962, AND PARTY PREFERENCE             
     620042     DID R VOTE FOR CONGRESSMAN AND FOR WHOM
     620043     DID R VOTE FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE              
     620044     XMOST IMPORTANT REASON R VOTED FOR HIM           
     620045     XWHAT TIME BEFORE ELECTION DID R DECIDE HIS VOTE 
     620046     WAS KENNEDY INTERESTED IN THE ELECTION HERE     
     620047     XWHAT WAS THE NATURE OF KENNEDY'S INTEREST      
     620048     X1962 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION VOTE

                   POLITICAL BEHAVIOR

     620049     HELP PARTY--TALK TO PEOPLE                      
     620050     HELP PARTY--GIVE MONEY
     620051     HELP PARTY--GO TO POLITICAL MEETINGS
     620052     HELP PARTY--WORK FOR CANDIDATE
     620053     HELP PARTY--BELONG TO POLITICAL CLUB
     620054     HELP PARTY--WEAR CAMPAIGN BUTTON

                   DOMESTIC ISSUES

     620055     SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT GIVE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
     620056     XSHOULD THE GOVERNMENT AID RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS    
     620057     DOES R HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT GOVERNMENT
                 MEDICAL AID
     620058     XSHOULD THE GOVERNMENT GIVE MEDICAL AID
     620059     XREASONS GOVERNMENT SHOULD(N'T) GIVE
                 MEDICAL AID *
     620060     XWHICH PARTY FAVORS MEDICAL AID
     620061     OPINION ABOUT GOVERNMENT INTEGRATING SCHOOLS
     620062     XSHOULD GOVERNMENT INTEGRATE SCHOOLS
     620063     DOES R KNOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT AIR SAFETY         

                   EMPLOYMENT OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

     620064     OCCUPATION OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD *
     620065     INDUSTRY OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
     620066     XHOW LONG HAS HEAD BEEN UNEMPLOYED
     620067     XDOES HEAD WORK FOR HIMSELF OR ANOTHER
     620068     XNUMBER OF HEAD'S EMPLOYERS, 1950 ON
     620069     XRATE OF PAY FOR HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD'S OCCUPATION 
     620070     XHOW IS PAY HERE FOR HEAD'S OCCUPATION
     620071     XHEAD'S EXPERIENCE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT            
     620072     XWAS HEAD UNEMPLOYED IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS
     620073     XWEEKS HEAD UNEMPLOYED IN THE LAST YEAR      
     620074     XREASON HEAD IS/WAS UNEMPLOYED
     620075     1962 GROSS FAMILY INCOME
     620076     EDUCATION OF HEAD
     620077     MARITAL STATUS OF HEAD                          
     620078     EDUCATION OF RESPONDENT
     620079     MARITAL STATUS OF RESPONDENT
     620080     OCCUPATION OF RESPONDENT *
     620081     INDUSTRY OF RESPONDENT                          
     620082     XDOES RESPONDENT WORK FOR HIMSELF OR ANOTHER
     620083     XNUMBER OF CHILDREN (WIFE) EVER HAD
     620084     XHOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU EXPECT                
     620085     XNUMBER OF CHILDREN LIKELY TO HAVE
     620086     XNUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE NEXT CHILD
     620087     XNUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE FINISH FAMILY
     620088     NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 IN FAMILY           
     620089     XAGE OF YOUNGEST CHILD
     620090     NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
     620091     IS R EITHER MIDDLE CLASS OR WORKING CLASS
     620092     XR'S CHOSEN SOCIAL CLASS AND WHETHER
                 UPPER OR LOWER PART
     620093     R'S RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE *
     620094     DOES RESPONDENT GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY
     620095     WERE YOU BORN IN THE UNITED STATES
     620096     XARE YOU A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
     620097     RACE OF RESPONDENT
     620098     SEX OF RESPONDENT
     620099     TYPE OF LIVING STRUCTURE
     620100     DESCRIPTION OF R'S NEIGHBORHOOD
     620101     NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS
     620102     LIFE CYCLE STAGE OF RESPONDENT