                           1980 Integrated File                                
                        NES DATASET NUMBER 1980.WSTV

                             No. Cases:   3587                                 
                             No. Variables: 1875

SAMPLE NOTES:
The 1980 Integrated File consists of eight discrete data collections that
fall under three categories:
      1)   The year-long Major Panel study encompasses 4 interviews 
           designated P1, P2, P3, and P4, which together constitute an
           independent cross-section and three waves of reinterviews.  
      2)   The Minor Panel study, with 2 waves of interviews designated C1
           and C4, consists of another independent cross-section and a
           reinterview.  
      3)   The traditional Pre-Post study comprises the two interviews
           designated C3 and C3po, which represent a third independent
           cross-section and reinterview.
      Additionally, a Vote Validation study took place in January and 
      February 1981 to determine if the respondents in the original
      cross-sections (P1, C1, and C3) were registered to vote (and, if so,
      whether they had voted).  Variables VIN4001-VIN4012 pertain to the Vote
      Validation study.
        
To subset by one or more of these data collections, the appropriate variable
from the range VIN1760-VIN1763 may be used:
                      Interview   Variable        Value
                        P1         VIN1760          1
                        C1         VIN1760          2
                        P2         VIN1761          3
                        P3         VIN1762          4
                        C3         VIN1762          5
                        C3po       VIN1763          6
                        P4         VIN1763          7
                        C4         VIN1763          8

DATA NOTES:
1980 Pre-Post (C3/C3po) Corrections:
       Case ID# (VIN2002) 0775 was assigned to congressional district number
          07 but should have been district 04.
      Case ID#s 0068,0391,0835,1319 were assigned to congressional district
          10 but should have been district 08.

DESIGN FEATURES:
Descriptions of the Integrated File components are as follows (listed in 
order according to beginning date of interviewing period):
     - Interview P1 (Major Panel wave 1) January 22 - February 25; personal
           interview; 1008 completed cases.
     - Interview C1 (Minor Panel wave 1) April 2 - May 2; personal interview;
           965 completed cases.
     - Interview P2 (Major panel wave 2) June 4 - July 13; personal
           reinterview; 843 completed cases.
     - Interview P3 (Major panel wave 3) September 2 - October 1; personal
           reinterview; 769 completed cases.
     - Interview C3 (Pre-Post wave 1) September 2 - November 3; personal
           interview; 1614 completed cases.
     - Interview C3po (Pre-Post wave 2 ) November 5 - December 17; personal
           reinterview; 1408 completed cases.
     - Interview P4 (Major panel wave 4) November 5 - November 25; telephone
           reinterview; 764 completed cases.
     - Interview C4 (Minor panel wave 2) November 5 - November 26; telephone
           reinterview; 818 completed cases.
