Pathways-April-2020-ATP-W66-1.zip

Project scope: Dataset contains variables relevant only to the Pathways to Election News Project.

Carried-over Pathways variables from Wave 57:

GROUP_TRUST_a_W57 – Trust in news groups.

NEWS_MOST_W57 – Most-used news source.

TALKPOL_W57 – Frequency of political conversations.

FOLELECT_W57 – Following election news.

Created variables:

CR_PARTYNEWSUSE_W57 – Partisan media use classification.

CR_NEWS_INFLU_W57 – Election news influencers vs. bystanders.

CR_DIG_SAV_W57 – Digital engagement/savviness index.

CR_MAINSOPOL_GROUPS_W57 – Main political news sources.

CR_KNOWLEDGE_INDEX_W57 – Political knowledge index.

Weights: All analyses require WEIGHT_W66, the designated sample weight