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Respondent key
Schedule
Nat RCS
R
All dates
Respondent key is an eight-digit number uniquely identifying NAES08-Phone respondents across interviewing components.
Number:
10000000 – 19999999
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
RKEY
10000000 – 19999999
8
Interviewing component
Schedule
Nat RCS
R
All dates
101
National Rolling Cross-Section (Nat RCS)
102
Post-Election Reinterview (Reint)
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
INT
101, 102
3
Interview date
Schedule
Nat RCS
R
All dates
Interview date is the date of interview completion, represented in the format yyyyMMdd, where yyyy is the four-digit year, MM is the two-digit month, and dd is the two-digit day of the month.
Number:
20071217 – 20081110
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
DATE
20071217 – 20081110
8
Interview time
Schedule
Nat RCS
R
All dates
Interview time is the time of day that the interview started, represented in the 24-hour format hhmm (e.g., 1000 = 10 am; 1200 = noon; 2130 = 9:30 pm; 0000 = midnight).
Interview time is recorded in the eastern time zone (e.g., if a respondent in the Pacific time zone completed an interview on January 2, 2008, starting at 9:01 pm local time, the interview date is 20080102, and the interview time is 0001 [12:01 am eastern]).
The value 9999 indicates that the interview was conducted over multiple sessions.
Number:
0 – 2359
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
TIME
0 – 2359
4
Random assignment to sample split A1 or A2
Schedule
Nat RCS
R
All dates
1
Sample split A1
2
Sample split A2
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
FA
1, 2
1
Random assignment to sample split B1, B2, or B3
Schedule
Nat RCS
All dates
1
Sample split B1
2
Sample split B2
3
Sample split B3
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
FB
1 – 3
1
Random assignment to sample split C1, C2, C3, or C4
Schedule
Nat RCS
All dates
1
Sample split C1
2
Sample split C2
3
Sample split C3
4
Sample split C4
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
FC
1 – 4
1