Political Science 5001/6001 Codebook for Vote2004 data set: These ...

Political Science 5001/6001
Codebook for Vote2004 data set: These data are a subset of variables available from the 2004
American National Election Study, which is a national probability sample of all eligible adult
voters in the 2004 election. The total size of the sample in this survey is n=1,212. This data set
contains the following 29 variables. In the brief variable descriptions below, "R" stands for
"respondent."
Variable name Variable description
voted Whether R voted in 2004 (0 = did not vote, 1 = voted)
pcontact Whether R was contacted by a party in 2004 (0 = not contacted, 1 =
contacted)
dcontact Whether R was contacted by the Democrats (0= not contacted,
1=contacted by Democratic party)
rcontact Whether R was contacted by the Republicans (0= not contacted,
1=contacted by Republican party)
married Whether or not R is married (0=not married, 1=married)
union Whether there is a union member in R's household (0=no union member,
1=union member in household)
gender R's gender (0 = male, 1 = female)
party R's partisan identification on full 7 point scale (0=Strong Democrat to
6=Strong Republican)
ideology R's ideological identification on full 7 point scale (0=Extremely liberal to
6=Extremely conservative)
interest Whether R is very interested in presidential campaign (0=not very
interested, 1=very interested)
external R's external political efficacy on a 9 point scale (0=low efficacy to 8=high
efficacy)
care Whether R cares who wins presidential election (0=do not care who wins,
1=care who wins)
influence Whether R has tried to influence others how to vote (0=did not try to
influence, 1=tried to influence other's vote)
meeting Did R attend a campaign meeting (0=did not attend, 1=did attend meeting)
display Did R display a campaign button or sign (0=did not display, 1=did display)
work Did R work for a party or candidate (0=did not work, 1=did work for party
or candidate)
give Did R contribute money to a candidate (0=did not contribute, 1=did
contribute to a candidate)
give2 Did R contribute money to a political party (0=did not contribute, 1=did
contribute to a party)
age R's age in years
education R's formal education in years (from 1 to 17)
party3 R's partisan identification in 3 categories (1=Democrat, 2=independent,
3=Republican)

educ2 R's educational degree (1=Less than high school degree, 2=High school
degree, 3=Some college, 4=College degree, 5=Advanced degree)
homeown Whether R own home or rents (1=own home, 2=renting)
race R's race (1=White, 2=Black, 3=Asian, 4=Hispanic, 5=Other)
presvote R's vote for president (1=John Kerry, 2=George W. Bush)
newhhinc R's household income (1=Less than $25,000, 2=$25,000 to 49,999,
3=$50,000 to 89,999, 4=$90,000 or more)
newage R's age in categories (1=18-24, 2=25-34, 3=35-44, 4=45-54, 5=55-64,
6=65 and older)
black Whether R is black or not (0=not black, 1=black)
hispanic Whether R is Hispanic or not (0=not Hispanic, 1=Hispanic)