  
                           1986 POST-ELECTION STUDY 
                           'BIAS' NONRESPONSE FILE

                            ICPSR STUDY NUMBER 8678
                            Number of records: 3440
                            Number of variables: 172
    


     The NES Dataset number for the Advance release is 1986.B

     DESCRIPTION:
     The 1986 Bias file, part of the 1986 National Election Study, contains
     respondent-level field administration variables.  Of 3833 lines of sample that
     were originally issued for the 1986 Study, 2176 resulted in completed
     interviews*, others were non-sample, and others were non-interviews for a
     variety of reasons.  For each line of sample, the Bias file includes sampling
     data, result codes, control variables, and interviewer variables.  Detailed
     geocode data are blanked but available under conditions of confidential access
     (contact NES for further details).




