README.TXT

NES 2002 PRE-POST ELECTION STUDY ENHANCED FILE
is released with the following files:

ASCII RAW DATA FILE
 nes02dat.txt  

SAS STATEMENT FILES.
PLEASE READ THE COMMENT MATERIAL IN THE SAS 'RUN' FILE BEFORE SUBMITTING
TO CREATE A SAS SYSTEM FILE
 nes02run.sas  
 nes02md.sas
 nes02lab.sas
 nes02fmt.sas
 nes02col.sas
 nes02cod.sas

SPSS STATEMENT FILES
PLEASE READ THE COMMENT MATERIAL IN THE SPSS 'RUN' FILE BEFORE SUBMITTING
TO CREATE AN SPSS SYSTEM FILE
 nes02run.sps
 nes02col.sps
 nes02lab.sps
 nes02md.sps
 nes02cod.sps

STATA STATEMENT FILES
PLEASE READ THE COMMENT MATERIAL IN THE STATA 'RUN' FILE BEFORE SUBMITTING
TO CREATE A STATA SYSTEM FILE
 nes02run.do
 nes02cod.do
 nes02fmt.do
 nes02col.dct
 nes02lab.do
 nes02md.do

ASCII CODEBOOK FILES
THERE ARE 3 CODEBOOK FILES, AN INTRO FILE, A VARIABLE DESCRIPTION FILE,
AND AN APPENDIX FILE
 nes02int.txt
 nes02var.txt
 nes02app.txt
 
Please note that once the SAS 'run' file is correctly run, there will be
a notice about line truncation and about input beyond the end of a line;
these errors can be ignored and are simply due to the format of the ASCII
data file which begins with a line of variable names and ends with a 
hard-return (which is necessary for STATA input).