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Variable names |
Description of the variables |
| 1. Identification variables |
|
| UNIT |
Name of territorial unit/constituency |
| AREA |
Type of area (e.g., rural/urban/overall; national totals) |
| 2. Electorate and ballot variables |
|
| SEATS |
Number of seats to be returned by constituency |
| ADV |
Persons eligible to vote/electorate |
| VOT |
Number of voters/ballots cast |
| 3. Voting variables |
|
| VV (also VVX and VVY) |
Number of valid votes |
| Political parties (e.g., PDC) |
Official name of the party (Parti démocrate chrétien) |
| AP |
Other parties/dispersed votes |
| VS |
Unknown votes |
Note: There is more than one 'unit' variable when several levels of aggregation are available. Names of the constituencies are given in the 'value labels' space of the programme. Legend: 'vvx' stands for the number of votes in case of multiple voting (as many votes as there are seats to be returned by a given constituency) while 'vvy' stands for an estimation taking the values back to the 'one (wo)man, one vote' equivalence. |