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  |Brian Stipak|  \   ))    DOCUMENTATION FOR THE BUDGET.SAV FILE
  |Productions |  _\_//   
  |____***__ __| /   /      This file contains information about budget
         _// ||\ _\ /       practices in 526 local government jurisdictions
        (_/ (_| (__/        in the United States.  The data were collected 
                            in 1985-86 using a mail questionnaire sent to
750 local government budget practitioners drawn from the active membership
roster of the Government Finance Officers Association.

The person who collected this data is Professor Daniel E. O'Toole, Portland
State University, Public Administration Department, P.O. Box 751, Portland,
Oregon 97207.  These data are the property of Professor O'Toole, and have
been made available for him for student use for course instruction.  Any other
use of the data must be approved by him.

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To be able to understand and use these data you will need to 1) examine
the documentation below, and 2) obtain a copy of the original questionnaire.
To obtain a copy of the questionnaire, contact Professor Brian Stipak or
Professor Dan O'Toole.  You will see that the variable names correspond to
the question numbers on the questionnaire.  For example, V3 corresponds to
question 3, V13A corresponds to question 13, part a, etc.  The BUDGET.SYS 
file contains data for a selected subset (about half) of the total questions.



LIST OF VARIABLE NAMES FOLLOWED BY A DEFINITION IN SINGLE QUOTES
================================================================

  V1 'REGION'
  V3THOU 'CURRENT YEAR OPERATING BUDGET (IN $1,000'S)'
  V4THOU 'SIZE OF POPULATION SERVED (IN 1,000'S)'
  V6A 'EXECUTIVE FUNCTION PERFORMED BY'
  V7 'A BUDGET OFFICE'
  V13A 'STAFF JUDGMENT NOW'
  V13B 'TREND PROJECTION NOW'
  V13C 'COMMERCIAL PACKAGE NOW' 
  V13D 'ECONOMETRIC EQUATIONS NOW'
  V13E 'NONECONOMETRIC MODELING NOW' 
  V14A 'STAFF JUDGMENT FUTURE'
  V14B 'TREND PROJECTION FUTURE' 
  V14C 'COMMERCIAL PACKAGE FUTURE'
  V14D 'ECONOMETRIC EQUATIONS FUTURE'
  V14E 'NONECONOMETRIC MODELING FUTURE'
  V16 'PRESENT SUBMITTED BUDGET FORMAT'
  V17 'PAST SUBMITTED BUDGET FORMAT'
 V18A 'FUTURE FORMAT CHANGES'
 V18B 'FUTURE SUBMITTED BUDGET FORMAT'
 V19A 'WORKLOAD MEASURES'
 V19B 'EFFICIENCY MEASURES'
 V19C 'EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES' 
 V26A 'A STRATEGIC PLAN'
 V26B 'PRESENT IMPORTANCE OF PLAN' 
 V26C 'FUTURE IMPORTANCE OF PLAN'
 V29A 'PERFORMANCE AUDIT USE'
 V29B 'LOCUS OF PERFORMANCE AUDIT'
 V29C 'PERFORMANCE AUDIT IMPORTANCE NOW'
 V29D 'PERFORMANCE AUDIT IMPORTANCE FUTURE'
 V31 'TREND OF FISCAL RESOURCES'



DEFINITION OF VALUES FOR CATEGORICAL VARIABLES
==============================================
Note that variable names are in all caps, followed by the numeric
values, with each value followed by a definition in single quotes.

	     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
	     *	Please Note:  Values such as "NO RESPONSE,"    *
	     *	"INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE," and "Does Not Apply" *
	     *	have been assigned the system missing value    *
	     *	in the BUDGET.SYS file.  You will see these    *
	     *	as periods when you use the Mystat (or Systat) *
	     *	editor.  Mystat (or Systat) will treat these   *
	     *	values as missing.                             *
             * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

  AGENCYID 1 'VILLAGE' 2 'BOROUGH' 3 'TOWNSHIP' 4 'TOWN'
    5 'MUNICIPALITY' 6 'CITY' 7 'COUNTY' 8 'REGIONAL GOVERNMENT'
    9 'SCHOOL DISTRICT' 10 'SPECIAL DISTRICT' 11 'CITY AND COUNTY'

  V1 1 'NORTHEAST' 2 'SOUTH' 3 'NORTH CENTRAL' 4 'WEST'

  V6A 1 'BY CEO' 2 'BY GOVERNING BODY' 3 'BY OTHER PEOPLE'

  V13A TO V13E 1 'NOT IMPORTANT' 5 'VERY IMPORTANT'

  V14A TO V14E 1 'GREATLY INCREASE' 3 'REMAIN THE SAME'
    5 'GREATLY DECREASE'

  V16 V17 V18B 1 'LINE-ITEM' 2 'PERFORMANCE'
    3 'PROGRAM' 4 'ZBB' 5 'LINE-PERFORMANCE' 6 'LINE-PROGRAM'
    7 'LINE-ZBB' 8 'PERFORMANCE-PROGRAM' 9 'PERFORMANCE-ZBB'
   10 'PROGRAM-ZBB' 11 'LINE-PERFORM-PROGRAM' 12 'LINE-PERFORM-ZBB'
   13 'LINE-PROGRAM-ZBB' 14 'PERFORM-PROGRAM-ZBB' 15 'ALL 4 FORMATS'

  V18A 1 'YES' 2 'NO'

  V19A TO V19C 0 'NOT USED' 1 'NOT INFLUENTIAL' 5 'HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL'

  V26A 1 'YES' 2 'NO'
  
  V26B V29C 1 'NOT IMPORTANT' 5 'VERY IMPORTANT'

  V26C V29D 1 'LARGE INCREASE' 2 'MODERATE INCREASE' 3 'NO CHANGE'
    4 'MODERATE DECREASE' 5 'LARGE DECREASE'

  V29A 1 'YES' 2 'NO'

  V29B 1 'BUDGET OFFICE'
    2 'AUDITOR OFFICE' 3 'CONTROLLER OFFICE' 4 'CHIEF EXEC OFFICE'
    5 'FINANCE-BUSINESS OFFICE' 6 'INDEPENDENT AUDITOR' 7 'OTHER'

  V31 1 'DECLINED' 2 'REMAINED STABLE' 3 'EXPANDED'