Region Categories for the United States in the World Values Survey

Description

This is a simple data set that summarizes what the region codes are in the World Values Survey for the United States.

Usage

wvs_usa_regions

Format

A data frame with 63 observations the following 6 variables.

x048wvs

the numeric code for supposedly the region in which the interview was conducted

x048wvsmeaning

the meaning behind the unique x048wvs code

stateabb

the corresponding state abbreviation (if available) for the unique x048wvs code

statename

the corresponding state abbreviation (if available) for the unique x048wvs code

division

the corresponding division for the unique x048wvs code

region

the corresponding region for the unique x048wvs code

Details

The region codes are a mess. Some of these are informed guesses. For example, I assume "Northwest" means "Pacific" and that Idaho was not included in that category. I make a similar assumption that "Rocky Mountain state" means "Mountain".