VAR CF0727 DID READ ABOUT CAMPAIGN IN NEWSPAPERS

VAR CF0727    DID READ ABOUT CAMPAIGN IN NEWSPAPERS                           
              COLUMNS 496  - 496                                              
              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?                                    
                                                                              
      1978-1986,1990,1996: Did you read about the campaign in any newspapers? 
                                                                              
      1988,1992,1996: (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?                                 
           1986,1990,1992,1996:  (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                       
        1996:  960247                                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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