[EB] "Extra" variables in Euro-Barometer 44.0 (ICPSR 6721)

[Paul H. Bern]

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Peter Granda wrote:
> 
> James:

> 
>    Have a look at the document statements at the end of the file of SPSS
> Data Definition Statements while you will find nation-specific variable
> labels.  The 'extra' responses pertain to just a few countries.
> 

This method of notifying users of changes and other "gotchas" in the data
is a real pain.  I just had a user find out, after hours of work, that the
two questions he was most interested in were "embargoed" from the 44.1
data.  Why is this information not included in the main documentation?


Paul

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