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VAR CF0727 DID READ ABOUT CAMPAIGN IN NEWSPAPERS
COLUMNS 583-583
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
1952,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972,1976: We're (1952: mainly) interested
in this interview in finding out whether people paid much attention to
the election campaign this year. Take newspapers for instance--did
you read (1972 ONLY: much) about the campaign in any newspaper?
1974: (IF R READS A DAILY NEWSPAPER:) Did you read anything about the
campaign this year in any newspaper?
1978-1986,1990: Did you read about the campaign in any newspapers?
1988,1992 and later: (IF R HAS READ A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE PAST
WEEK:) Did you read about the campaign in any newspaper?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE VCF0724 FOR INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS TO MEDIA EXPOSUREQUESTIONS.
NOTE: Question wording was altered in 1972 (addition of much) and the
1972 distributions were affected significantly.
In 1974, 1988 and 1992, this question was preceded by a filter. The
1974 filter was: Do you read a daily newspaper? In 1988 and 1992 the
filter was: How many days in the past week did you read a daily
paper? Rs who replied "no" [1974] or "none" [1988] to the filter
question were not asked this question. However, 1974 Rs who replied
"no" have been coded 1 while 1988 and 1992 Rs who replied "none" have
been coded 0.
NOTES ABOUT FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS:
In most years, this question was accompanied by a followup question.
In 1952, 1960, 1964 and 1968, the main question and followup were
combined into a single variable in the original datafiles. NO
FOLLOWUP QUESTION APPEARED IN THE 1956, 1982, or 1988 STUDIES. The
followups were:
1952: (IF YES) Would you say you read quite a lot or not very
much?
1960,1964,1968,1972,1976: (IF YES) How much did you read
newspaper articles about the election-- regularly, often,
from time to time, or just once in a great while?
1974: (IF YES) How often did you read newspaper articles about
your U.S. Senate campaign-- regularly, often, from time to
time, or just once in a great while? AND: (IF YES) How
often did you read newspaper articles about your U.S. House
of Representatives campaign-- regularly, often, from time to
time, or just once in a great while?
1978: (IF YES) How many newspaper articles did you read about
the House of Representatives campaign-- would you say you
read a good many, several, or just one or two?
1980,1984: (IF YES) How many newspaper articles did you read
about the campaign-- would you say you read a good many,
several, or just one or two?
1986,1990,1992 and later: (IF YES) How much attention did you pay
to newspaper articles about the campaign(s) (1992,1996: for
President)--a great deal, quite a bit, some, very little, or
none?
If the respondent had read articles at all, regardless how little,
then R has been coded 2. Several 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1996
respondents who replied "yes" to the main question, but who replied in
the followup question that they paid "no attention" to articles, have
still been coded 2. From the 1980 and 1984 studies, however, several
respondents who answered "yes" to the main question but who then
volunteered in the followup that they read "no" articles have been
coded 1 rather than 2. The 1974 and 1978 followup questions have been
disregarded.
1. No, read no newspapers about the campaign
2. Yes, read newspaper(s) about the campaign
0. DK; NA; INAP, no post IW (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,
1980, 1984, 1996); form II, III, or IV (1972); abbrev.
telephone IW (1984); DK/NA if R reads a daily newspaper
(1974); R did not read daily paper in past week (1988, 1992,
1996); DK/NA if R read a daily paper in past week (1988,
1992, 1996); short form or Spanish language (1992); question
not used
1952: 173 1956: 196 1960: 190
1964: 279 1968: 292 1972: 456
1974: 2046,2063 1976: 3645 1978: 72
1980: 760,761 1982: 62 1984: 727,728
1986: 62 1988: 130,134 1990: 63
1992: 923204 1996: 960247 2000: 000336
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Walter Mebane
2003-02-17