======================================================================================================================= DOCUMENTATION FOR US_VEP_TURNOUT_RATES Version: 1.0 Date: 7/28/2023 Authors and Licenses: These data are derived from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement (CPS) available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html Theses survey data are reweigted using a procedure proposed by Hur and Achen (2013), to reweight the CPS state level turnout rates to equal the voting-eligible population turnout rates, available at: https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/77/4/985/1843466 These weight-adjusted turnout rates are released under an Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ======================================================================================================================= ============ VARIABLES ============ ============ YEAR ============ Year of election ============ CPS_ADJ_NHWHITE_RATE, CPS_ADJ_NHBLACK_RATE, CPS_ADJ_HISPANIC_RATE, CPS_ADJ_OTHER_RATE ============ Race and Hispanic ethnicity turnout RATEs calculated from various Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplements (CPS) using PTDTRACE (race) and PEHSPNON (Hispanic ethnicity), available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html Theses survey data are ADJusted or reweigted using a procedure proposed by Hur and Achen (2013), to reweight the CPS state level turnout rates to equal the voting-eligible population turnout rates, described at: https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/77/4/985/1843466 NHWHITE = Non-Hispanic White NHBLACK = Non-Hispanic Black HISPANIC = Hispanic OTHER = All other non-Hispanic races (caluclated this way primarily due to small sample-sizes) Sample Stata code to calculate these variables: gen race_cat4 = 0 replace race_cat4 = 1 if(PTDTRACE==1&PEHSPNON==2) replace race_cat4 = 2 if((PTDTRACE==2|PTDTRACE==6|PTDTRACE==10|PTDTRACE==11|PTDTRACE==12|PTDTRACE==15|PTDTRACE==16|PTDTRACE==19)&PEHSPNON==2) replace race_cat4 = 3 if(PEHSPNON==1) replace race_cat4 = 4 if(race_cat4 ==0) NOTE: **CPS Variable names and item categories may change over time** ============ CPS_ADJ_NHWHITE_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_NHBLACK_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_HISPANIC_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_OTHER_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except weight-adjusted SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate. ============ CPS_UNADJ_NHWHITE_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_NHBLACK_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_HISPANIC_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_OTHER_RATE ============ Same as prior turnout RATE, but using the UNADJusted Census Bureau weight (usually PWSSWGT, but may vary). These statistics are provided primarily as a verification check against Census Bureauy reports available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html ============ CPS_UNADJ_NHWHITE_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_NHBLACK_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_HISPANIC_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_OTHER_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except unadjusted weight SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate. ============ CPS_ADJ_AGE1829_RATE, CPS_ADJ_AGE3044_RATE, CPS_ADJ_AGE4559_RATE, CPS_ADJ_AGE60_RATE ============ Age turnout RATEs calculated from various Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplements (CPS) using PRTAGE (age), available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html Theses survey data are ADJusted or reweigted using a procedure proposed by Hur and Achen (2013), to reweight the CPS state level turnout rates to equal the voting-eligible population turnout rates, described at: https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/77/4/985/1843466 AGE1829 = Age 18 to 29 AGE3044 = Age 30 to 44 AGE4559 = Age 45 to 59 AGE60 = Age 60+ Sample Stata code to calculate these variables: gen age4 = 0 replace age4 = 1 if(PRTAGE>29) replace age4 = 2 if(PRTAGE>44) replace age4 = 3 if(PRTAGE>59) NOTE: **CPS Variable names and item categories may change over time** ============ CPS_ADJ_AGE1829_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_AGE3044_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_AGE4559_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_AGE60_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except weight-adjusted SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate. ============ CPS_UNADJ_AGE1829_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_AGE3044_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_AGE4559_RATE, CPS_ADJ_UNAGE60_RATE ============ Same as prior turnout RATE, but using the UNADJusted Census Bureau weight (usually PWSSWGT, but may vary). These statistics are provided primarily as a verification check against Census Bureauy reports available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html ============ CPS_ADJ_UNAGE1829_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_UNAGE3044_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_UNAGE4559_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_UNAGE60_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except unadjusted weight SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate. ============ CPS_ADJ_NOHS_RATE, CPS_ADJ_HS_RATE, CPS_ADJ_COLLEGE_RATE, CPS_ADJ_POST_RATE ============ Education turnout RATEs calculated from various Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplements (CPS) using PEEDUCA (education), available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html Theses survey data are ADJusted or reweigted using a procedure proposed by Hur and Achen (2013), to reweight the CPS state level turnout rates to equal the voting-eligible population turnout rates, described at: https://academic.oup.com/poq/article/77/4/985/1843466 NOHS = Not a high school graduate HS = High school graduate COLLEGE = Any college including graduate POST = Post-undergraduate degree Sample Stata code to calculate these variables: gen educ = 0 replace educ = 1 if(PEEDUCA>38) replace educ = 2 if(PEEDUCA>39) replace educ = 3 if(PEEDUCA>43) NOTE: **CPS Variable names and item categories may change over time** ============ CPS_ADJ_NOHS_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_HS_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_COLLEGE_SHARE, CPS_ADJ_POST_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except weight-adjusted SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate. ============ CPS_UNADJ_NOHS_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_HS_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_COLLEGE_RATE, CPS_UNADJ_POST_RATE ============ Same as prior turnout RATE, but using the UNADJusted Census Bureau weight (usually PWSSWGT, but may vary). These statistics are provided primarily as a verification check against Census Bureauy reports available at: https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-voting.html ============ CPS_UNADJ_NOHS_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_HS_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_COLLEGE_SHARE, CPS_UNADJ_POST_SHARE ============ Same as prior, except unadjusted weight SHARE of the electorate instead of turnout rate.