July15.zip

Thanks for sharing this, AHM3D. Here's a structured summary of the July 14–20, 2015 Pew Political Survey, formatted for documentation, metadata tagging, or prepping for analysis:

📝 Description This dataset originates from the Pew Research Center’s July 2015 Political Survey, conducted via telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,002 U.S. adults. It includes both landline and cell phone respondents via Random Digit Dialing (RDD). The survey explores public opinion on key issues including U.S.–Cuba relations, the Iran nuclear agreement, ISIS, Supreme Court favorability, racial equality, and gun control. It also includes demographic recoding syntax and weighting strategies for comparative analysis.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research Center - July 2015 Survey - Political Attitudes - Cuba Relations - Iran Nuclear Deal - ISIS Campaign - Supreme Court - Racial Equality - Gun Control - Cell Phone RDD - Landline RDD - Weighting Variables - Race-Ethnicity - Public Opinion - Survey Methodology - SPSS-Compatible

📌 Notes 📊 Sampling & Weighting - Sample Size: 2,002 U.S. adults - RDD Method: Includes cell-only and dual-phone households - Weight Variables: - WEIGHT: Used for general analysis (combined landline + cell sample) - LLWEIGHT: Used for landline-only analysis - CELLWEIGHT: Used for cell-only analysis 🌍 Geographic Data - ZIP-Based Coding: Since Fall 2008, geographic variables (region, state, county) are derived from self-reported ZIP codes - Fallback: Sample-based geographic info used when ZIP is missing - Archival Variables: Original sample geography retained with prefix s - Privacy Measures: ZIP codes, phone numbers, and counties removed from public dataset 👥 Demographics - Combined Race (racecmb): - Recoded from race_1 and race_2 - Categories: - 1 = White - 2 = Black or African-American - 3 = Asian or Asian-American - 4 = Mixed Race - 5 = Other - 9 = Don’t know/Refused - Race-Ethnicity (racethn): - Derived from racecmb and hisp - Categories: - 1 = White non-Hispanic - 2 = Black non-Hispanic - 3 = Hispanic - 4 = Other - 9 = Don’t know/Refused 🧪 Experimental Content - Religion-related questions (Q.E2–Q.Es) were included but not released publicly at the time