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!   The following four data sets can be used to replicate the analysis in     !
!   Kevin M. Quinn, Andrew D. Martin, and Andrew B. Whitford. 1999. "Voter    !
!   Choice in Multi-Party Democracies: A Test of Competing Theories and       !
!   Models."  Working Paper.                                                  !
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* neth.txt (a comma-delimited ASCII file that contains the data necessary 
to replicate the Dutch vote choice models).  The coding of the variables 
is discussed in the text.  The variables are named as follows:

party    = Vote (0 = D'66, 1 = PvdA, 2 = VVD, 3 = CDA)
negPdist = Negative Squared Spatial Distance to PvdA
negVdist = Negative Squared Spatial Distance to VVD
negCdist = Negative Squared Spatial Distance to CDA
negDdist = Negative Squared Spatial Distance to D'66
pvda age = Age of Pvda
vvd age  = Age of VVD
cda age  = Age of CDA
d66 age  = Age of D'66
man lab  = Manual Labor
relig    = Religion
income   = Income
stwon    = Town Size
educ     = Education

* nethfac.txt (a tab-delimited ASCII file that contains issue responses to 
the Euro-Barometer 11 questions discussed in the text).  The variables are 
named as follows:

nuke     = Nuclear Energy
mnc      = Control of Multinational Corporations
inequal  = Income Redistribution
terror   = Terrorism
abortion = Abortion
indus    = Public Control of Private Industry
pollut   = Environmental Protection

* uk.txt (a comma-delimited ASCII file that contains the data necessary to 
replicate the British vote choice models).  The variables are named as 
follows:

party    = Vote (20 = Labour, 40 = Liberal, 60 = Conservative)
sqdislib = Squared Distance to Lib
sqdislab = Squared Distance to Lab
sqdiscon = Squared Distance to Con
Lib74pct = Percent Voteshare in October, 1974 Election for Lib
Lab74pct = Percent Voteshare in October, 1974 Election for Lab
Con74pct = Percent Voteshare in October, 1974 Election for Con
manlab2  = Manual Labor
relig2   = Religion
income2  = Income
stownsz2 = Town Size
educ2    = Education

* ukfac.txt  (a tab-delimited ASCII file that contains issue responses to 
the Euro-Barometer 11 questions discussed in the text).  The variables are 
named as follows:

nuke     = Nuclear Energy
mnc      = Control of Multinational Corporations
inequal  = Income Redistribution
terror   = Terrorism
abortion = Abortion
indus    = Public Control of Private Industry
pollut   = Environmental Protection