Jan18.zip

Here’s a structured metadata entry for the Pew Research Center January 2018 Political Survey, optimized for your documentation and tagging workflow, Abdullah:

📄 Description Pew Research Center – January 2018 Political Survey Conducted January 10–15, 2018 (N=1,503), this nationally representative omnibus survey captures public opinion on midterm election expectations, U.S. tax reform, immigration policy, and shifting policy priorities. The dataset includes both landline and cell phone interviews via RDD sampling, with weighting variables (WEIGHT, CELLWEIGHT) to support full-sample and cell-only analyses. Constructed demographic variables include race and race-ethnicity, and geographic data is derived from self-reported ZIP codes to improve accuracy.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research - January 2018 - Political Attitudes - Midterm Elections - Immigration Policy - Border Wall - Tax Reform - Offshore Drilling - Policy Priorities - Race & Ethnicity Variables - ZIP Code Matching - Cell Phone Sampling - RDD Methodology - Data Weighting - Survey Methodology - Trump Administration

📝 Notes - Sample Design: Dual-frame RDD sample includes landline and cell-only households. - Weighting: - WEIGHT: For full sample analysis. - CELLWEIGHT: For cell-only subsample; excludes landline interviews. - Geographic Variables: - Based on self-reported ZIP codes. - Original sample geography retained with prefix s for archival use. - Privacy Protocols: ZIP codes, counties, and phone numbers removed from public dataset. - Constructed Variables: - racecmb: Combines race inputs into unified categories. - racethn: Integrates race and Hispanic origin to produce race-ethnicity categories. - Catholic Subgroup Note: One respondent backcoded into Catholic category marked as “Undesignated” due to skipped questions.