All data are originally from National Election Study 1992. There are some 

minor adjustments in coding.



PRESCHC  	Presidential choice

		1-Bush   2-Clinton  3-Perot



EDUC		education

		1-8grades or less; 2-9-11 grades, no further schooling; 3-High 			school diploma; 4-More than 12 years of schooling, no higher degree; 		5-Junior or community college level degrees; 6-BA level degrees; 			17+ years, no advanced degree; 7-Advanced degree



EAST 		the region the survey was conducted

		1-east; 0-noneast



SOUTH		1-south; 0-nonsouth



WEST		1-west; 0-nonwest



WOMEN		1-female;  0-male



RESPFINP 	comparison of current financial situation with that of a year ago

		1-better;  3-same; 5-worse off



NATLEC 	condition of nation's economy over the last year

		1-gotten better; 3-stayed the same;  5-gottten worse



BCLIBDIS 	The distance between the voter's and Clinton's ideological stance

GBLIBDIS	The distance between the voter's and Bush's ideological stance

RPLIBDIS 	The distance between the voter's and Pero's ideological stance



DEM 		party identification

		1- democrat; 0-nondemocrat



REP		1- republican; 0-nonrepublican



RESPGJOB    occupation

		1-working now; 2-temporarily laid off;  3-unemployed 4-retired; 

		5-permanently disabled; 6-homemaker; 7-student.



RESPHLTH 	view on government's spending on health insurance(7-point scale)

		1-should reduce the spending a lot; 7-should increase the spending a 		lot



RESPBLK 	view on aids to blacks(7-point scale)

            1-government should help blacks; 7-blacks should help themselves



RESPAB 	view on abortion

		1-strongly oppose; 2-oppose; 3-favor; 4-strongly favor



TERMLIM 	favor or oppose a law that limits members of Congress to no more 

			than 12 years of service in that office

		1-favor;   0-oppose



AGE1829 	whether the voter belongs to the age group 18-29

		1-yes;   0-no



AGE3044 	whether the voter belongs to the age group 30-44

		1-yes;   0-no.



AGE4559 	whether the voter belongs to the age group 45-59

		1-yes;   0-no



NEWVOTER 	whether the voter is a new voter

		1-yes;   0-no



DEFICIT     view on reducing federal deficit by increasing taxes and reducing 		government services

 		1-approve;  0-disapprove