Some additional variable notes for Pol210

All variables have been recoded into the “public work area.” These variables should remain active for a few weeks. Please, if you decided to create new variables, name them something unique. You do have the ability to overwrite the variables shown below (anyone does). Below each variable is the source variable; you should check to make sure I did not make a mistake in coding.

p210-didvote 0=Did not vote

(v5018x) 1=Did vote

p210-Bushvote 0=Not vote for Bush

(v5026) 1=Vote for Bush

p210-ftdiff p210-ftdiff=v5043-v5044

100 (pro Bush) to -100 (pro Kerry)

p210-activism p210activism=(count(v5166,v5167,v5168,v5169,v5170(1)))/5

0 = no activity, 1=maximum activity in community

p210-electactive

p210-electactive=(count(v5010,v5011, v5012, v5013, v5014, v5015, v5016(1)))/7

0=no activity, 1=most activity

p210-partymobil 0=Not contacted by party, 1=contacted by party

(v5008)

p210-othermobil 0=not contacted by others, 1=contacted

(v5009)

p210-black 0=not Black, 1=Black

(v3299)

p210-hispanic 0=not Hispanic, 1=Hispanic

(v3299)

Other variables of interest (with suggested recodes noted)

v3116(r:0-6) Party ID: This limits the variable to only Str Dems to Str Reps.

V3250 Age

V3254 Education

V3293x(r:1-23) Income (exclude those who refused)

There are many other variables in this dataset. Please email me or Eva if you need help finding a variable or creating a recode.