American-Trends-Panel-Wave-23.zip

Here’s a structured summary for the Pew Research Center American Trends Panel Wave 23 dataset, including a clear description, relevant tags, and detailed notes for documentation, analysis, or archival use:

📄 Description Title: Pew Research Center – American Trends Panel Wave 23 Fieldwork Dates: November 29 – December 12, 2016 Sample Size: N = 4,183 U.S. adults Mode: Web-based survey (English and Spanish) Purpose: This wave focuses on post-election attitudes and behaviors following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It includes validated voter data, vote preference, and self-reported turnout, enabling analysis of electoral participation and misreporting. It supports Pew’s landmark report on the 2016 electorate based on validated voters.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research Center - American Trends Panel - 2016 Election - Validated Voter - Voter Turnout - Vote Preference - Electoral Behavior - Political Attitudes - Web Survey - Survey Weights - Voter File Matching - November 2016 - Political Science - Voter Misreporting - Longitudinal Analysis

📝 Notes ⚖️ Weighting - WEIGHT_W23: Use for all analyses to ensure representativeness of the full sample. 🧠 Key Variables - VALIDATED_VOTER_2016_W23: Indicates whether a respondent was matched to a turnout record in any of five commercial voter files. - 1 = Voter - 0 = Nonvoter - System missing: Noncitizens or unmatched panelists - COMPORT_W23: Cross-classifies validated turnout with self-reported voting behavior: - 1 = Validated voter who said they voted - 2 = Nonvoter who said they didn’t vote or weren’t sure - 3 = Overreporter (nonvoter who said they voted) - 4 = Underreporter (validated voter who said they didn’t vote or weren’t sure) - candprefvoter: Created variable for vote preference among validated voters using votegenpost_w23. Categories include: - 1 = Trump - 2 = Clinton - 3 = Johnson - 4 = Stein - 5 = Other - 99 = Don’t know/Refused 🔁 Imputed Variables - Primary preference from Wave 16 (W16) was imputed for respondents missing that data in Wave 23. These variables are available upon request. 🔐 Privacy Measures - Personally identifiable information was excluded. Voter file matching was only attempted for panelists who provided their names and were eligible.