Version 01 Codebook ------------------- CODEBOOK INTRODUCTION FILE 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING STUDY (1984.S) USER NOTE: This file has been converted to electronic format via OCR scanning. As as result, the user is advised that some errors in character recognition may have resulted within the text. AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING STUDY CODEBOOK CENTER FOR POLITICAL STUDIES INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ICPSR ARCHIVE NUMBER 8298 TABLE OF CONTENTS Note: >>sections in the codebook introduction and codebook appendix can be navigated in the machine-readable files by searching ">>". INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL (file intcontm.cbk) --------------------- >> INTRODUCTION TO THE NES/CPS AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, CONTINUOUS MONITORING, 1984 >> DESIGN OF THE 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING STUDY AN OVERALL VIEW SAMPLING INFORMATION QUESTIONS AND VERSIONS >> CODEBOOK INFORMATION >> VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST CODEBOOK -------- APPENDICES (file appcontm.cbk) ---------- >> 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING NEWSPAPER CODE >> 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING OCCUPATION CODES >> 1980 CENSUS INDUSTRY CODES >> NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES WORKING PAPERS SERIES, 1984 >> SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS, NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY AND THE 1984 NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY PLANNING COMMITTEE >> ROLLING CROSS SECTION BENCHMARK FREQUENCIES, 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING STUDY >> INTRODUCTION TO THE NES/CPS AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, CONTINUOUS MONITORING, 1984 The 1984 Continuous Monitoring Study is part of the 1984 National Election Study. The NES/CPS American National Election Study, 1984 was conducted by the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research, under the overall direction of Warren E. Miller. Santa Traugott is the Director of Studies. This is the eighteenth in a series of studies of American national elections produced by the Political Behavior Program of the Survey Research Center and the Center for Political Studies, and the fourth study to be conducted under the auspices of National Science Foundation grants (Nos. SOC77-08885 and SES-8341310) providing long-term support for the National Election Studies. Since 1978 the NES election studies have been designed by a National Board of Overseers, the members of which meet several times a year to plan content and administration of the major study components. Board members during the 1984 planning phase included: Ray Wolfinger, Chair, University of California, Berkeley; Richard A. Brody, Stanford University; Heinz Eulau, Stanford University; Morris P.Fiorina, Harvard University; Stanley Kelley, Jr., Princeton University; Donald R. Kinder, University of Michigan; David R. Mayhew, Yale University; Warren E. Miller, Arizona State University, ex officio; David 0. Sears, University of California, Los Angeles; and J. Merrill Shanks, University of California, Berkeley. The 1984 Study Planning Committee included several Board members (Don Kinder, Chair; Richard Brody, Stanley Kelley, Warren Miller, ex officio, David Sears and Ray Wolfinger) and three other scholars, Stanley Feldman, University of Kentucky; Ethel Klein, Columbia University; and Steven J. Rosenstone, Yale University. The Planning Committee began meeting in February of 1983. A pilot study was carried out in the summer of 1983 for the purpose of developing new instrumentation for the 1984 Election Study. New items were tested on economic well-being, group identification, values, political participation and candidate affect. Data from the pilot study are available through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR 8178). Results from the pilot study were used by the Planning committee in formulating recommendations to the Board about study content for the 1984 Election Study. (See Appendix). The 1984 National Election Study has two major components. This document describes the Continuous Monitoring component, which began in January of 1984 and ended Dec. 7. The other major component of the 1984 Election Study is the now traditional pre- and post-election survey panel. This consists of 2257 personal interviews taken in September and October and re-interviews in November and December with 1990 of the original respondents. About half of the post-election interviews were conducted in person; the other half were administered over the telephone. An effort to validate the vote of all pre-election respondents was carried out, as it was in 1978 and 1980. >> DESIGN OF THE 1984 CONTINUOUS MONITORING STUDY AN OVERALL VIEW The Continuous Monitoring study was intended to capture the dynamics of an election campaign. To understand the impact of a campaign from a voter's perspective--how perceptions, beliefs and preferences are developed--required the collection of survey evidence as the campaign unfolded. The interview emphasized those elements important to electoral choice most likely to be affected by the campaign and by external events that intrude upon the campaign. Since events which can affect a campaign may take place at any time, it was desirable to be monitoring the electorate on a continuous basis. Hence, Continuous Monitoring began January 11th, 1984. That start date was chosen to give a number of interviews before the stimulus of the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primaries. Monitoring continued past election day, with the last interview taken on December 7th. The study includes 46 small, independent, consecutively administered cross-sections. Each such cross-section sample is designated as a different sample "week". The average sample size is 76 cases. The interviews were taken by telephone. Respondents were selected by random digit dialing. (See Sample Design, below.) Weeks and Samples. Because of the difficulty of obtaining an adequate response rate in a short period of time, the sample "week" is actually a 17 day interviewing period. The goal was to take two-thirds of the interviews in the first seven days of interviewing, with a 10 day grace period for picking up the remaining one-third of the interviews. Each sample week began on a Wednesday, a day selected because Tuesdays were Primary days. After 17 full days of interviewing, the sample week ended at midnight on Friday. On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, interviews were being conducted for three distinct sample weeks: for the sample begun on that Wednesday, for the sample begun on the previous Wednesday and now entering its first week's "grace" period, and the sample begun two full weeks ago, working on its last three days of grace. Variable 104 denotes the sample "week" and this variable should be used when one is interested in comparing the samples as such. There are two other variables which record the actual 7-day week in which theinterview was taken. One (variable 113) records the week in which the interview was begun. The other (variable 114) records the calendar week in which the interview was completed. Any difference between these two variables is due to "break-offs" (See variables 22-29). The user should note that an interview taken in any one of the sample "weeks" could have been taken in one of three calendar weeks. VERSIONS AND SAMPLES. The survey instrument was intended to be very much the same from one sample week to the next. At the same time, the design allowed for the addition of new questions as campaign events made necessary, and for deletion of questions no longer relevant as the campaign unfolded. From time to time, it did prove necessary to add and delete questions. For example, the original coverage of Gary Hart was very thin, and a number of questions about him were added immediately after the New Hampshire primary. Similarly, questions about John Glenn were dropped from the survey four weeks after he dropped out of the race. Versions are defined by question additions or deletions. Each time one such change took place, a new version was created. There were eventually thirteen versions, many of them reflecting the addition or deletion of only one or two variables. The INAP codes for each variable clearly indicate for which version(s) the question was asked. (Please see "Questions & Versions," below, for a detailed listing of differences between versions.) PLEASE NOTE that there is not an exact correspondence between version beginning dates and sample weeks. With one notable exception, version changes were made "across the board," i.e., a question was added or dropped for all open sample weeks. Thus, when the thermometer rating for Alan Cranston was dropped (the only difference between versions 2 and 3) this was done not only for Sample Week 12, which opened on the day the new version was implemented, but also for interviews from Weeks 10 and 11 which were still in the field at that time. The switch between Versions 1 & 2 is an exception to this procedure. In this instance, when a set of new questions for Gary Hart were added on the day following the New Hampshire primary, they were added only for Sample Week 8, not the still open Sample Weeks 6 & 7. VERSIONS AND MISSING DATA. In all releases of all NES studies, the codebook and dictionary treat certain code values for most variables as "missing data." Don't know, Not ascertained and Not asked (INAP) codes are almost always treated as missing data. However, the analyst has the responsibility of determining if these missing data assignments are appropriate for his/her research. Missing data code assignments such as INAP should be read carefully before analysis is begun. This is particularly important for the Continuous Monitoring dataset, where the distinction between versions is carried in the INAP codes (as well as a Version variable, see variable VCM0117). SAMPLING INFORMATION FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING The telephone survey design for continuous monitoring involved RDD sample design issues of some complexity. The sample objective was a uniform number of interviews in each "week" (a 17 day interviewing period) of a 46 week study period. We should be able to treat each of the weekly samples more or less independently. That is, the user should be able to take the weekly samples and aggregate them in various ways to represent time periods (months, quarters, pre-primary intervals) of interest to their research. The constraints on the sample design were also clear: time and money. Given the strong relationship between time and cost in telephone interviewing operations, the chosen sample design had to be one which minimized the amount of time that interviewers must spend in reaching respondent households. A proven method for reducing contact time is the two-stage RDD design originally suggested by Warren Mitofsky and Joe Waksberg. Very briefly, this design utilizes the A.T.& T. listing of telephone central office codes. Each record on the listing is an area code-central office code combination, e.g., 313-764; thus each record represents 10,000 distinct telephone numbers (e.g., 313-764-0000 through 313-764-9999). Another way to put it is that each record represents 100 clusters of 100 consecutive telephone numbers (0000-0099,0100-0199, etc.). Each primary selection is one such group of 100 consecutive telephone numbers, designated by randomly generating a single 4-digit number. For example if (313) 764-4424 is generated, the cluster containing numbers 4400-4499 is tentatively designated for selection. These primary numbers are called; if they are not working household numbers, the clusters in which they fall are not selected. If they are working household numbers, their clusters are selected into the sample and a specified number of additional four-digit numbers within the same cluster is generated. For example, if the desired sample size is nine, eight more 4-digit numbers within the hundred series would be selected. While the Waksberg-Mitofsky method is cost-effective, it sacrifices something in precision because of its clustered nature. The NES implementation of this design for Continuous Monitoring spreads the use of each primary stage sample one-hundred series over the 46 week course of the study -- maximizing the distribution of the sample and minimizing the clustering effects for short time interval analyses. At the end of the 46-week study period, the complete sample will contain roughly 700 primary stage numbers (clusters) of 5 interviews each. In the Waksberg-Mitofsky two-stage selection, the several numbers selected from each cluster at the second stage are used within the same sample period. In the NES variation, each cluster that is selected produces one telephone number per week. (This telephone number translates into a label of a sample coversheet). When there is an interview or some other kind of final disposition of the coversheet, the cluster is not used further in the sample week. Clusters of primary numbers are in the sample for two weeks, then rotate out for 8 weeks. The assignment of clusters produces a 50% overlap from week to week. The intent of this overlap is to introduce some correlation among observations for short, adjacent intervals of time. If successful, the time 1 to time 2 correlations will yield improved precision for estimates of change between the two periods. As the study design is implemented, it is important to note that certain coversheet dispositions mean that a cluster can be "re-dialed" within the sample week. For example, if the telephone number on the coversheet is of a business (non-household) then the next number in the primary number series can replace it. Other redialing situations are non-working numbers or non-sample residences (institutions). Some sample coversheets, even though they do not yield an interview, cannot be replaced. These include refusals, non-interviews of valid respondents, and households with no eligible respondents. Once a household is reached, selection of respondents within the household proceeds by listing all persons within that household (male, oldest to youngest; female, oldest to youngest); determining which of the residents are eligible (18 on election day, U. S. citizens) and using a Kish selection table to randomly determine the respondents. The method results in slightly unequal probabilities of selection. That is,respondents in households with two telephone numbers are twice as likely to be selected as those with only one telephone number. Also, respondents from households with two eligible residents are only half as likely to be selected as respondents who are the only eligible adult. The NES staff has compared weighted and unweighted frequency distributions for a number of variables. Results indicate that the data may be treated as an equal probability sample, i.e., that selection weights are not required. Those interested in a further discussion of the point should see working paper #5. (See Appendix). QUESTIONS AND VERSIONS Description of Version Changes for Continuous Monitoring Versions 1-13 N=514 Version 1 Wednesday, January 11 - February 29 (6:30 p.m.) -- Original N=299 Version 2 Wednesday, February 29 (6:30 pm) - March 27 -- Addition of Hart questions after New Hampshire primary. N=180 Version 3 Wednesday, March 28 - April 12 -- Drop Cranston feeling thermometer and chances for nomination after Cranston dropped from race. N-732 Version 4 Friday, April 13 - June 19 -- Drop all Glenn questions, 4 weeks after Glenn withdrew; see below for other changes. N=221 Version 5 Wednesday, June 20 - July 11 -- Post primary season changes) add trial heats, vice presidential candidates, several traits. N=82 Version 6 Thursday, July 12 - July 18 -- Add Ferraro to thermometers. N=371 Version 7 Thursday, July 19 - August 22 -- Add "Watch democratic convention," post democratic convention modifications, e.g., drop "chances for nomination" battery. N=484 Version 8 Thursday, August 23 - October 7 -- Add "Watch republican convention." N=54 Version 9 Monday, October 8 - October 11 -- Add "Watch 1st presidential debate." N=122 Version 10 Friday, October 12 - October 21 -- Add "Watch vice presidential debate." N-179 Version 11 Monday, October 22 - November 5 -- Add "Watch second presidential debate." N-217 Version 12 Wednesday, November 7 - November 27 (2 pm) -- Post-election modifications. N-41 Version 13 Tuesday, November 27 (2 pm) - December 7 -- Drop "Watch campaign news on TV." >> CODEBOOK INFORMATION The following example from the 1948 NES study provides the standard format for codebook variable documentation. Note that NES studies which are not part of the Time-Series usually omit marginals and the descriptive content in lines 2-5 (except for variable name). Line 1 ============================== 2 VAR 480026 NAME-R NOT VT-WAS R REG TO VT 3 COLUMNS 61 - 61 4 NUMERIC 5 MD=0 OR GE 8 6 7 Q. 17. (IF R DID NOT VOTE) WERE YOU REGISTERED (ELIGIBLE) 8 TO VOTE. 9 ........................................................... 10 11 82 1. YES 12 149 2. NO 13 14 0 8. DK 15 9 9. NA 16 422 0. INAP., R VOTED Line 2 - VARIABLE NAME. Note that in the codebook the variable name (usually a 'number') does not include the "V" prefix which is used in the release SAS and SPSS data definition files (.sas and .sps files) for all variables including those which do not have 'number' names. For example the variable "VERSION" in the codebook is "VVERSION" in the data definition files. Line 2 - "NAME". This is the variable label used in the SAS and SPSS data definition files (.sas and .sps files). Some codebooks exclude this. Line 3 - COLUMNS. Columns in the ASCII data file (.dat file). Line 4 - CHARACTER OR NUMERIC. If numeric and the variable is a decimal rather than integer variable, the numer of decimal places is also indicated (e.g. "NUMERIC DEC 4") Line 5 - Values which are assigned to missing by default in the Study's SAS and and SPSS data definition files (.sas and .sps files). Line 7 - Actual question text for survey variables or a description of non-survey variables (for example, congressional district). Survey items usually include the question number (for example "B1a.") from the Study questionnaire; beginning in 1996 non-survey items also have unique item numbers (for example "CSheet.1"). Line 9 - A dashed or dotted line usually separates question text from any other documentation which follows. Line 10- When present, annotation provided by Study staff is presented below the question text/description and preceding code values. Lines 11-16 Code values are listed with descriptive labels. Valid codes (those not having 'missing' status in line 5) are presented first, followed by the values described in line 5. For continuous variables, one line may appear providing the range of possible values. A blank line usually separates the 'valid' and 'missing' values. Lines 11-16 Marginals are usually provided for discrete variables. The counts may be unweighted or weighted; check the Study codebook introductory text to determine weight usage. >> VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST An asterisk (*) beside the question number indicates a question which was not asked in all versions 1-13. Var # Quest# Label VVERSION NES VERSION NUMBER VDSETNO NES DATASET NUMBER VCM0001 Case ID VCM0002 Primary and Caucus Date VCM0003 Time Zone Code VCM0004 Daylight Savings Indicator VCM0005 Selection Table Number VCM0006 Final Call Number VCM0007 Result Date VCM0008 Result Month VCM0009 Result Day VCM0010 Time Code VCM0011 Result Code VCM0012 Interviewer of Record VCM0013 RC Indicator VCM0014 Number of Persons VCM0015 Household Composition VCM0016 Number Eligible Adults VCM0017 Number Children < = 5 VCM0016 Number Children 6-9 VCM0019 Number Children 10-13 VCM0020 Number Children 14-17 VCM0021 Zip Code VCM0022 Breakoff Date #1 VCM0023 Breakoff Month #1 VCM0024 Breakoff Day #1 VCM0025 Breakoff Question #1 VCM0026 Breakoff Date #2 VCM0027 Breakoff Month #2 VCM0028 Breakoff Day #2 VCM0029 Breakoff Question #2 VCM0101 Interviewer Number VCM0102 Control ID (blanked out to insure confidentiality) VCM0103 Area Code VCM0104 Assigned Sample Week VCM0105 Month Interview Completed VCM0106 Day Interview Completed VCM0107 Day of Week VCM0105 Time of Interview - Eastern Standard Time VCM0109 Time of Interview - Local Time VCM0110 Length of Interview VCM0111 Month Interview Started VCM0112 Day Interview Started VCM0113 Week Interview Started VCM0114 Week Interview Completed VCM0115 ICPSR State Code VCM0116 FIPS State Code VCM0117 Version Number VCM0118 A1 Family better or worse off financially VCM0119 A1a/b. Much or somewhat better/worse financially VCM0120 A2. Watch budget more closely this gear than last VCM0121 A2a. Watch budget a little/lot more closely VCM0122 A3. Income change in relation to cost of living VCM0123 A3a/b. Is change a lot/little VCM0124-126 A4. (When it comes to economic matters) group R feels close to VCM0127 A4a. I'wer CHECKPOINT: More than one group mentioned VCM0128 A4b. (If more than one group mentioned) which closest? VCM0129 A4c. During past gear, economic position of GROUP gotten better or worse? VCM0130 A4d/e. Economic position much or somewhat better/worse for GROUP VCM0131 A4f. GROUP income over past gear change in relation to cost of living VCM0132 A4g/h. Is change (group income relative to cost of living) lot/little VCM0138 A4i. Has CROUP had harder/easier/same time finding work VCM0134 A4j/k. Has GROUP had much/little harder/easier time finding work VCM0135 A5. I'er CHECKPOINT: Boxes checked in A4b VCM0136 A5a. Women mentioned in A4 VCM0137 Asb. Blacks mentioned in A4 VCM0138 A5c. The elderly mentioned in A4 VCM0129 A5d. The poor mentioned in A4 VCM0140 A5e. The middle class mentioned in A4 VCM0141 A5. Has economic position of WOMEN gotten better/worse/same VCM0142 A7. Has economic position of BLACKS gotten better/worse/same VCM0143 A8. Has economic position of THE ELDERLY VCM0144 A9. " " ..THE POOR VCM0145 A10. " " ..THE MIDDLE CLASS VCM0146 B1. Follow government and public affairs VCM0147 B2. Interest in presidential campaign VCM0148 B3. Care which party wins presidency VCM0145 B4. Anyone talk to R about supporting a candidate VCM0150 B4a. This (B4) happen in past week? VCM0151 B5. Anyone talk to R about registering VCM0152 B6. Has R talked to Anyone about supporting a candidate VCM0153 B6a. Done this (B6) in last week? VCM0158 *Z2 Was probe read to R VCM0161 *B7. Is R registered VCM0162 *B8. Does R expect to vote VCM0163 *B8a/b. How certain of vote likelihood . VCM0164 *B8e. Cand. pref. strong/not strong VCM0165 *B9. Did R Vote VCM0166 *B9a/b. Did R vote for President? VCM0167 *B9c R preference strong.' VCM0168 *B9d/e. Did R prefer a candidate VCM0201 C1a. Heard of: Ronald Reagan VCM0202 C1b. John Glenn VCM0203 C1c. Ted Kennedy VCM0204 C1d. Walter Mondale VCM0205 *C1e. Alan Cranston VCM0206 C1f. John Anderson VCM0207 C1g. Ernest Hollings VCM0208 C1h. Reubin Askew VCM0209 C1i. Jesse Jackson VCM0210 C1j. George Bush VCM0211 C1k. Howard Baker VCM0212 C1m. George McGovern VCM0213 C1n. Robert Dole VCM0214 C1o. Gary Hart VCM0215 *C1r. Lloyd Bentsen VCM0216 *C1s. Dale Bumpers VCM0217 *C1t. Mario Cuomo VCM0218 *C1u. Geraldine Ferraro VCM0219 C2a. Thermometer rating of: Ronald Reagan VCM0220 C2b. John Glenn VCM0221 C2c. Ted Kennedy VCM0222 C2d. Walter Mondale VCM0223 *C2e. Alan Cranston VCM0224 C2f. John Anderson VCM0225 C2g. Ernest Hollings VCM0226 *C2h. Reubin Askew VCM0227 C2i. Jesse Jackson VCM0228 C2j. George Bush VCM0229 C2k. Howard Baker VCM0230 C2m. George McGovern VCM0231 *C2n. Robert Dole VCM0232 C2o. Gary Hart VCM0233 *C2r. Lloyd Bentsen VCM0234 *C2s. Dale Bumpers VCM0235 *C2t. Mario Cuomo VCM0236 *C2u. Geraldine Ferraro VCM0301 D1. Approve/disapprove Reagan's handling of Job VCM0302 D1a/b. Approve/disapprove (D1) strongly/not strongly VCM0303 D2. Approve/disapprove Reagan's handling of economy VCM0304 D2a/b. Approve/disapprove (D2) strongly/not strongly VCM0305 D3. Approve/disapprove Reagan's handling of foreign relations VCM0306 D3a/b. Approve/disapprove (D3) strongly/not strongly VCM0311 *E1a. Walter Mondale's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0312 *E1b. John Glenn's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0313 *E1c. Alan Cranston's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0314 *E1d. Jesse Jackson's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0315 *E1e. Ted Kennedy's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0316 *E1f. Gary Hart's chances for Democratic nomination VCM0401 F1. How many days past week watch national news on TV? VCM0402 *F1a. How much attention to TV news about presidential campaign VCM0403 F2. How many days past week read a daily newspaper? VCM0404-406 F2a. Which paper (s) did R read VCM0407 F2b. How much attention to articles in newspaper about pres. campaign VCM0408 *F3. Watch Dem. convention on TV VCM0409 *F3a. How many hours watch Dem. convention VCM0410 *F4. Watch Rep. convention on TV VCM0411 *F4a. How many hours watch Rep. convention VCM0412 *F5. Watch first Pres. debate VCM0413 *F5a. Watch " whole or part VCM0414 *F6. Watch second Pres. debate VCM0415 *F6a. Watch " whole or part VCM0416 *F7. Watch VP debate VCM0417 *F7a. Watch " whole or part VCM0418 G1a. Reagan traits: Hardworking VCM0419 G1b. Decent VCM0420 G1c. Compassionate VCM0421 G1d. Commands respect VCM0422 G1e. Intelligent VCM0423 G1f. Moral VCM0424 G1g. Kind VCM0425 G1h. Inspiring VCM0426 G1i. Knowledgeable VCM0427 G1j. Sets a good example VCM0428 G1k. Really cares about people like you VCM0429 G1m. Provides strong leadership VCM0430 *Gin, Understands people like you VCM0431 *G1o. Fair VCM0432 *G1p. In touch w/ ordinary people VCM0433 *G1r. Religious VCM0437 G3a. Mondale traits: Hardworking VCM0438 G3b. Decent VCM0439 C3c. Compassionate VCM0440 G3d. Commands respect VCM0441 G3e, Intelligent VCM0442 G3f. Moral VCM0443 G3g. Kind VCM0444 G3h. Inspiring VCM0445 G3i. Knowledgeable VCM0446 G3j. Sets a good example VCM0447 C3k. Really cares about people like you VCM0448 G3m. Provides strong leadership VCM0449 *G3n. Understands people like you VCM0450 *G3o. Fair VCM0451 *G3p. In touch w/ordinary people VCM0452 *G3r. Religious VCM0502 *G5a. Glenn traits: Hardworking VCM0503 *G5b. Decent VCM0504 *G5c. Compassionate VCM0505 G5d. Commands respect VCM0506 *G5e. Intelligent VCM0507 *G5f. Moral VCM0508 *G5g. Kind VCM0509 *G5h. Inspiring VCM0510 *G5i. Knowledgeable VCM0511 *G5J. Sets a good example VCM0512 *G5k. Really cares about people like you VCM0513 *G5m, Provides strong leadership VCM0521 G7a, Jackson traits: Hardworking VCM0522 G7b. Decent VCM0523 G7c. Compassionate VCM0524 G7d, Commands respect VCM0525 G7e, Intelligent VCM0526 G7f. Moral VCM0527 G7g. Kind VCM0528 G7h Inspiring VCM0529 G7i. Knowledgeable VCM0530 G7J. Sets a good example VCM0531 G7k. Really cares about people like you VCM0532 G7m. Provides strong leadership VCM0533 *G7n. Understands people like you VCM0534 *G7o. Fair VCM0535 *G7p. In touch w/ ordinary people VCM0536 *G7r. Religious VCM0539 *G9a. Hart traits: Hardworking VCM0540 *G9b. Decent VCM0541 *G9c. Compassionate VCM0542 *G9d. Commands respect VCM0543 *G9e. Intelligent VCM0544 *G9f. Moral VCM0545 *G9g. Kind VCM0546 *G9h. Inspiring VCM0547 *G9i. Knowledgeable VCM0548 *G9J. Sets a good example VCM0549 *G9k. Really cares about people like you VCM0550 *G9m. Provides strong leadership VCM0551 *G9n. Understands people like you VCM0552 *G9o. Fair VCM0553 *G9p. In touch w/ ordinary people VCM0554 *G9r. Religious VCM0558 *G11a. Ferraro: Hard-working VCM0559 *Gl1b. Decent VCM0560 *G11c. Compassionate VCM0561 *G11d. Commands respect VCM0562 *G11e. Intelligent VCM0563 *G11f. Moral VCM0564 *G11g. Kind VCM0565 *G11h. Inspiring VCM0566 *G11i. Knowledgeable VCM0567 *G11j. Sets a good example VCM0568 *G11k. Cares about people like you VCM0565 *G11m. Provides strong leadership VCM0570 *G11n. Understands people like you VCM0571 *G11o. Fair VCM0572 *G11p. In touch with ordinary people VCM0573 *G11r. Religious VCM0600 *HO. How are things in country going VCM0601 H1. Has nation's economy gotten better/worse/same VCM0602 H1a. Is economy much/somewhat better/worse VCM0603 H2. Have people had a harder/easier/same time Finding work VCM0604 H2a/b. Is that much/somewhat harder/easier? VCM0605 H3. Has cost of things gone up/down/stayed same VCM0606 H3a/b. Is that (H3) a lot/little VCM0607 H4. Has U.S. position in world grown weaker/same/stronger VCM0608 H5. How worried about U.S. getting into conventional war VCM0609 H6. How worried about U.S. getting into nuclear war VCM0610 J1. Does R think of self as liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0611 J1a/b. Strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0612 J1c. More like liberal or conservative VCM0613 J1x. SUMMARY: Liberal-conservative self-placement scale VCM0614 J2. Is Reagan liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0615 J2a/b. Is Reagan strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0616 J2c, Is Reagan more like a liberal or conservative VCM0617 J2x, SUMMARY: Reagan liberal-conservative placement VCM0618 *J4. Is Glenn liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0619 *J4a/b. Is Clenn strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0620 *J4c. Is Glenn more like a liberal or conservative VCM0621 *J4x. SUMMARY: Glenn liberal-conservative placement VCM0622 J6. Is Mondale liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0623 J6a/b. Is Mondale strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0624 J6c. Is Mondale more like liberal or conservative VCM0625 J6x. SUMMARY: Mondale liberal-conservative placement VCM0626 J8. Is Jackson liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0627 J8a/b. Is Jackson strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0628 J8c. Is Jackson more like liberal or conservative VCM0629 J8x. SUMMARY: Jackson liberal-conservative placement VCM0630 *J10. Is Hart liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0631 *JlOa/b. Is Hart strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0632 *JIOc. Is Hart more like liberal or conservative VCM0633 *JlOx. SUMMARY: Hart liberal-conservative placement VCM0634 *J12. Is Ferraro liberal/conservative/moderate VCM0635 *J12a/b. Is Ferraro strong or not-so-strong liberal/conservative VCM0636 *J12c. Is Ferraro more like liberal or conservative VCM0637 *J12x. SUMMARY: Ferraro liberal-conservative placement VCM0701 K1a. Reagan affects: Angry toward him VCM0702 K1b. Hopeful VCM0703 K1c. Afraid of him VCM0704 K1d. Proud VCM0706 *K3a. Glenn affects: Angry toward him VCM0707 *K3b. Hopeful VCM0708 *K3c. Afraid of him VCM0709 *K3d. Proud VCM0711 K5a. Mondale affects:Angry toward him VCM0712 K5b. Hopeful VCM0713 K5c. Afraid of him VCM0714 K5d. Proud VCM0716 K7a. Jackson affects: Angry toward him VCM0717 K7b. Hopeful VCM0718 K7c. Afraid of him VCM0719 K7d. Proud VCM0721 *K9a. Hart affects: Angry toward him VCM0722 *K9b. Hopeful VCM0723 *K9c. Afraid of him VCM0724 *k9d. Proud VCM0725 K11a. Ferraro affects: Angry toward her VCM0726 *K11b. Hopeful VCM0727 *K11c. Afraid of her VCM0728 *K11d. Proud VCM0731 L1. R think of self as Republican/Democrat/Independent or what VCM0732 L1a/b. Strong or not-so-strong Republican/Democrat VCM0733 L1c. Closer of Republican party or Democratic party VCM0734 L1x. SUMMARY: R's party identification VCM0735 L2. R's first choice for the Democratic nomination VCM0736 L2a. R's second choice for the Democratic nomination VCM0795 *MO. Does R approve/disapprove Reagan's handling of budget VCM08OO *Moa/b. Does R think (MO.) strongly/not strongly VCM0801 M1. Does R have opinion on government spending/services issue VCM0802 M1a. Should government reduce spending/provide more services VCM0803 M1b/c. Moderate or large reduction/increase VCM0804 M1d. Does Reagan prefer reduced government spending or increased services VCM0805 M1e/f. Reagan prefer large or moderate reduction/increase VCM0807 M1h. Mondale prefer reduced gov't spending or increased services VCM0808 M1i/j Mondale prefer large or moderate reduction/increase VCM0810 *M1m. Glenn prefer reduced gov't spending or increased services VCM0811 *M1n/o Glenn prefer large or moderate reduction/increase VCM0812 *M1q Hart prefer reduced gov't spending or increased services VCM0813 *M1r/s Hart prefer large or moderate reduction/increase VCM0814 *M1u. Jackson placement: gov't spending VCM0815 *M1v/w. Jackson prefer large or moderate reduction/increase VCM0816 M2. Does R have opinion on gov't effort improve position of minorities VCM0817 M2a. Should gov't help minorities or minorities help themselves VCM0818 M2b/c. Should this (M2a) be done to a great/some extent VCM0819 *M2d. Reagan placement gov't help minorities VCM0820 *M2e/f. Reagan strngth pref gov't help minorities VCM0821 *M2h. Mondale placement: govt help minorities VCM0822 *M2i/J. Mondale strngth pref gov't help minorities VCM0823 *M2m. Hart placement: govt help minorities VCM0824 *M2n/o. Hart strngth prep gov't help minorities VCM0825 *M2q. Jackson placement: govt help minorities VCM0826 *M2r/s. Jackson strngth pref govt help minorities VCM0838 M3. Does R have opinion on U.S. involvement in Central America VCM0839 M3a. Should U.S. be less/more involved in Central America VCM0840 M3b/c. Should involvement be increased/decreased to great/some extent VCM0841 *M3d. Reagan placement: Central America VCM0842 *M3e/f. Reagan incr/decr involvement Great/some extent VCM0843 *M3h. Mondale placement: Central America VCM0844 *M3i/J. Mondale incr/decr involvement great/some extent VCM0845 *M3m. Hart placement: Central America VCM0846 *M3n/o. Hart incr/decr involvement great/some extent VCM0847 *M3q. Jackson placement: Central America VCM0848 *M3r/s. Jackson incr/decr involvement Great/some extent VCM0846 *M3n/o. Does Hart think (M3m.) a lot or a little VCM0873 M6. Does R have opinion on more/less money for defense. VCM0874 M6a. Should govt increase/decrease defense spending VCM0875 M6b/c. Should defense spending be increased/decreased a lot or little VCM0876 M6d. Does Reagan think defense spending should be increased or decreased VCM0877 M6e/f. Does Reagan think (M6d.) a lot or a little VCM0879 M6h. Does Mondale think defense spending should be increased or decreased VCM0880 M6i/J. Does Mondale think (M6h.) a lot or a little VCM0887 *M6m. Does Glenn think defense spending should be increased or decreased VCM0883 *M6n/o. Does Glenn think (M6m.) a lot or a little VCM0884 *M6q. Does Hart think defense spending should be increased or decreased VCM0885 *M6r/s. Does Hart think (M6q.) a lot or a little VCM0887 M7a. Fed'l. spending increased/decreased/same: the environment VCM0888 M7b ....dealing with crime VCM0889 M7c. ....public schools VCM0890 M7d. ....social security VCM0891 M7e. ....food stamps VCM0892 M7f. ....Medicare VCM0893 M7g. ....government Jobs for the unemployed VCM0894 M7h. ....science and technology VCM0901 M8. Does R have opinion on government help women/women help themselves VCM0902 M8a. Should gov't help women or women help themselves VCM0903 M8b/c. Should help/leave alone to areas or some extent VCM0904 *M8d. Does Reagan think government should improve women's position VCM0905 *M8e/f. Does Reagan think (M8d) great/some extent VCM0906 *M8h. Does Mondale think government should improve women's position VCM0907 *M8i/j. Does Mondale think (M8h.) great/some extent VCM0908 *M8m. Does Hart think government should improve women's position VCM0909 *M8n/o. Does Hart think (M8m.) great/some extent VCM0913 M9. Does R have opinion on cooperate/get tough with Russia VCM0914 M9a. Should U.S. cooperate/get tough with Russia VCM0915 M9b/c. Should we cooperate/get tough a lot or somewhat VCM0916 *M9d. Does Reagan think U.S. should cooperate/get tough with Russia VCM0917 *M92/f. Does Reagan think (M9d.) lot/ somewhat VCM0918 *M9h. Does Mondale think U.S. should cooperate/get tough with Russia VCM0919 *M9i/j. J. Does Mondale think (M9h.) lot/somewhat VCM0920 *M9m. Does Hart think U.S. should cooperate/get tough with Russia VCM0921 *M9n/o. Does Hart think (M9m.) lot/somewhat VCM1001 *N1. Chances of Reagan winning the Presidential election VCM1002 *N1a. Chances of Mondale winning the Presidential election VCM1003 *Nib. Chances of Glenn winning the Presidential election VCM1004 *N1c. Chances of Cranston winning the Presidential election VCM1005 *N1d. Chances of Jackson winning the Presidential election VCM1006 *N1e. Chances of Kennedy winning the Presidential election VCM1007 *N1f. Chances of Hart winning the Presidential election VCM1008 Y1. Is R registered VCM1099 Y1a. Registered as Republican. Democrat, Independent or VCM1013 Y2. Date of birth-MONTH VCM1014 Y2b. Date of birth-DAY VCM1015 Y2c. Date of birth-YEAR VCM1016 Y2x. Age in years VCM1017 Y3 Marital status VCM1018 Y4. Highest grade R completed VCM1019 Y4a. High school diploma or equivalency VCM1020 Y4b. Graduate from four year college or university VCM1021 Y4x. SUMMARY: R's education VCM1022 Y5. R's working status VCM1023 Y5a. R WORKING NOW: occupation VCM1026 Y5b. industry VCM1027 Y6. worried about losing Job VCM1028 Y7. laid off in pact six months VCM1029 Y8. reduce hours or take cut in peg in last 6 months VCM1030 Y9. R UNEMPLOYED: had a Job in past 6 months VCM1031 Y9a. how many hours work in average week VCM1032 Y10. R RET/UNEMP: looking for work at the present time VCM1033 Y11. how worried about finding work VCM1034 Y12. R HSEWF/STUD: working for pay at present time VCM1035 Y13. looking For work at present time VCM1036 Y13a. how worried about finding work VCM1037 Y14. Iw'er CHECKPOINT: Is R only adult in household VCM1038 Y14a Iw'er CHECKPOINT: Is R married and living with spouse VCM1039 Y14b. Who is main breadwinner VCM1101 Y15. R'S SPOUSE/BREADWINNER: working status VCM1102 Y16. SPOUSE/BREADWINNER WORKING NOW: occupation VCM1105 Y16a. industry code VCM1106 Y17. how worried about losing Job VCM1107 Y18. laid off in last 6 months VCM1108 Y19. reduce hrs/cut pay in last 6 months VCM1109 Y2O. SPOUSE/BREADWINNER UNEMPLOYED: had a Job in past 6 months VCM1110 Y20a. how many hours worked average week VCM1111 Y21. SP/BREADWINNER RET/UNEMPLD: looking for work at present time VCM1112 Y21a. how worried about finding work VCM1113 Y22. SPOUSE/BREADWINNER WIFE/STUDENT: doing any work now VCM1114 Y22a. looking for work at present VCM1115 Y22b. How worried about finding work VCM1116 Y23. ALL: Does anyone in this household belong to labor union VCM1117 Y23a. Who is it that belongs VCM1118 Y24. Income: under/over $20,000 VCM1119 Y24a Income: under/over $10.000 VCM1120 Y24b. Income: under/over $30.000 VCM1121 Y24c. Income: under/over $40.000 VCM1122 Y24x. SUMMARY: Family income VCM1123 Y25. Religious preference: Catholic. Protestant or (1123) Y25a. What (Protestant; denomination is that?) (1123) Y25b. Southern Baptist or not VCM1124 Y26. Attendance at church/synagogue VCM1125 Y27. How long lived in your town (this country) VCM1126 Y28. How long lived at present address VCM1127 Y29. Race VCM1128 Y3O. Ethnic origin Hispanic or not VCM1129 Y31. How many telephones in R's home VCM1130 Y31a. Do all telephones have same number VCM1131 Y31b. How many different numbers VCM1132 Y31c. Any (telephone) numbers for business use only VCM1133 Y31d. How many (Y31c.) VCM1134 Z1. R's sex