VAR CF9035 HOW MANY DAYS R WATCHED NATIONAL TV NEWS COLUMNS 760 - 760 NUMERIC MD EQ 8 OR GE 9 How many days in the past week did you watch national news (1986: a national news program) (1984,1990 and later: the news) on TV? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. This was a post variable in 1986 only. Filter: in 1984 only, this variable was preceded by the question, "How often do you watch the national network news on TV...?" and if R replied that s/he watched national network news at all, then R was asked how many days in the past week s/he watched the news. NOTE: distributions vary considerably when the filter is administered (1984). Actual number of days coded. 0. NONE 1. ONE DAY . . 7. EVERY DAY 8. DK 9. NA; DK/NA if watches national network TV news (1984 only); INAP, short form or Spanish language IW (1992); question not used 1984: 108,110 1986: 70 1988: 128 1990: 72 1992: 3201 1994: 126 1996: 960242 1998: 980204 ==============================