nes96                package:faraway                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     10 variable subset of the 1996 American National Election Study.
     Missing values and "don't know" responses have been listwise
     deleted. Respondents expressing a voting preference other than
     Clinton or Dole have been removed.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(nes96)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 944 observations on the following 10 variables.

     _p_o_p_u_l population of respondent's location in 1000s of people

     _T_V_n_e_w_s days in the past week spent watching news on TV

     _s_e_l_f_L_R Left-Right self-placement of respondent: an ordered factor
          with levels extremely liberal, 'extLib' <  liberal, 'Lib' <
          slightly liberal, 'sliLib' < moderate, 'Mod' < slightly
          conservative, 'sliCon' < conservative, 'Con' < extremely
          conservative, 'extCon'

     _C_l_i_n_L_R Left-Right placement of Bill Clinton (same scale as
          selfLR): an ordered factor with levels 'extLib' < 'Lib' <
          'sliLib' < 'Mod' < 'sliCon' < 'Con' < 'extCon'

     _D_o_l_e_L_R Left-Right placement of Bob Dole (same scale as selfLR): an
          ordered factor with levels 'extLib' < 'Lib' < 'sliLib' <
          'Mod' < 'sliCon' < 'Con' < 'extCon'

     _P_I_D Party identification: an ordered factor with levels strong
          Democrat, 'strDem' < weak Democrat, 'weakDem' < independent
          Democrat, 'indDem' < independent independent'indind' <
          indepedent Republican, 'indRep' < waek Republican, 'weakRep'
          < strong Republican, 'strRep'

     _a_g_e Respondent's age in years

     _e_d_u_c Respondent's education: an ordered factor with levels 8 years
          or less, 'MS' < high school dropout, 'HSdrop' < high school
          diploma or GED, 'HS' < some College, 'Coll' < Community or
          junior College degree, 'CCdeg' < BA degree, 'BAdeg' <
          postgraduate degree, 'MAdeg'

     _i_n_c_o_m_e Respondent's family income: an ordered factor with levels
          '$3Kminus' < '$3K-$5K' < '$5K-$7K' < '$7K-$9K' < '$9K-$10K' <
          '$10K-$11K' < '$11K-$12K' < '$12K-$13K' < '$13K-$14K' <
          '$14K-$15K' < '$15K-$17K' < '$17K-$20K' < '$20K-$22K' <
          '$22K-$25K' < '$25K-$30K' < '$30K-$35K' < '$35K-$40K' <
          '$40K-$45K' < '$45K-$50K' < '$50K-$60K' < '$60K-$75K' <
          '$75K-$90K' < '$90K-$105K' < '$105Kplus'

     _v_o_t_e Expected vote in 1996 presidential election: a factor with
          levels 'Clinton' and 'Dole'

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Sapiro, Virginia, Steven J. Rosenstone, Donald R. Kinder, Warren
     E. Miller, and the National Election Studies. AMERICAN NATIONAL
     ELECTION STUDIES, 1992-1997: COMBINED FILE [Computer file]. 2nd
     ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Center for
     Political Studies [producer], 1999. Ann Arbor, MI:
     Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
     [distributor], 1999.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Found at <URL: http://www.stat.washington.edu/quinn>

