popul:   population of respondent's location in 1000s of people

TVnews:  days in the past week spent watching news on TV

selfLR:  Left-Right self-placement of respondent:
                       1.    Extremely liberal                             
                       2.    Liberal                                       
                       3.    Slightly liberal                              
                       4.    Moderate; middle of the road                  
                       5.    Slightly conservative                         
                       6.    Conservative                                  
                       7.    Extremely conservative    

ClinLR:  Left-Right placement of Bill Clinton (same scale as selfLR)

DoleLR:  Left-Right placement of Bob Dole (same scale as selfLR)

PID:     Party identification:
                       0.    Strong Democrat       
                       1.    Weak Democrat        
                       2.    Independent-Democrat        
                       3.    Independent-Independent         
                       4.    Independent-Republican          
                       5.    Weak Republican              
                       6.    Strong Republican         

age:      Respondent's age in years

educ:     Respondent's education:
                       1.    8 grades or less and no diploma or            
                       2.    9-11 grades, no further schooling             
                                (incl. 12 years without diploma or            
                                equivalency)           
                       3.    High school diploma or equivalency            
                                test                  
                       4.    More than 12 years of schooling, no           
                                higher degree       
                       5.    Junior or community college level             
                                degree (AA degrees)       
                       6.    BA level degrees; 17+ years, no               
                                postgraduate degree       
                       7.    Advanced degree

income:    Respondent's family income:
                       1.    A. None or less than $2,999                   
                       2.    B. $3,000-$4,999                              
                       3.    C. $5,000-$6,999                              
                       4.    D. $7,000-$8,999                              
                       5.    E. $9,000-$9,999                              
                       6.    F. $10,000-$10,999                            
                       7.    G. $11,000-$11,999                            
                       8.    H. $12,000-$12,999                            
                       9.    J. $13,000-$13,999                            
                      10.    K. $14,000-$14.999                            
                      11.    M. $15,000-$16,999                            
                      12.    N. $17,000-$19,999                            
                      13.    P. $20,000-$21,999                            
                      14.    Q. $22,000-$24,999                            
                      15.    R. $25,000-$29,999                            
                      16.    S. $30,000-$34,999                            
                      17.    T. $35,000-$39,999                            
                      18.    U. $40,000-$44,999                            
                      19.    V. $45,000-$49,999                            
                      20.    W. $50,000-$59,999                            
                      21.    X. $60,000-$74,999                            
                      22.    Z. $75,000-89,999                             
                      23.    AA. $90,000-$104,999                          
                      24.    BB. $105,000 and over                         
                      
vote:     Expected vote in 1996 presidential election:
              0.    Bill Clinton
              1.    Bob Dole

reldist:   abs(selfLR - DoleLR) - abs(selfLR - ClinLR)