                         1978 NES Time Series Study
                          NES DATASET NUMBER 1978.TVX

                           Number of Cases: 2304
                         Number of Variables: 1331


DATA NOTES:
  1) Correction:
     In several districts, it has been discovered that type
     of race (V4) was incorrectly assigned in 1978 data:  
         (24 cases) MS03 coded 14 should have been 12; 
         (9 cases) NY19 coded 12 should have been 14;
         (14 cases) NY38 coded 21 should have been 24.  
     Also, in case #1352 the congressional district was coded
     as district 7 but should have been district 4.
  2) There are gaps in the variable numbering
  3) Additional variables included are:
        - V781001 to V781398 Contextual variables.
        - V781399-V781411 Vote Validation vars.
        - V782001 to 782141 derived measures.

SPECIAL THEMES AND NEW TOPICS:
Introduced greatly expanded Congressional context, most of which became
"core" items repeated in each subsequent survey. Major emphasis was placed
on the respondents' evaluations of their district's candidates along
several dimensions; and on how much and what kinds of contact respondents
had with candidates. Specific candidate/incumbent names are associated with
each congressional district. Voter validation variables are included.

DESIGN FEATURES:
Congressional districts (N=108) as well as individuals were sampled.
Contextual data about these congressional districts and the election
campaigns therein are included in the dataset and also in six supplemental
files.

