                         1980 NES Time Series Study
                          NES DATASET NUMBER 1980.TVX

                           Number of Cases: 1614
                         Number of Variables: 1433


DATA NOTES:
      - Corrections:
           Case ID# 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.
      - Vars V801197-V801208 are Vote Validation (individual voter record)
           vars.
      - Vars V805001-V805225 are contextual variables. 

SPECIAL THEMES AND NEW TOPICS:
New measurement of party identification, voter attitudes concerning issues
of public policy, public perceptions of and responses to political
leadership (i.e. introduction of "traits and affects" measures) and
exploration of social networks role in vote choice. Vote validation data are
included

DESIGN FEATURES:
As in 1978, the primary sampling area was the congressional district.
Sample for the pre-election study was released in two halves: September 1st
and October 1st. The PrePost study is only one part of the entire 1980 study,
which is comprised of several data collections representing surveys conducted
throughout strategically chosen periods in the course of the election year
(see also the 1980 Major Panel and the 1980 Integrated File).  Contextual data 
are included with this (the Time-series) file.

