Pathways-March-2020-ATP-W63.5.zip

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

COVID misinformation: Coded responses to the open-ended question COVIDMISINFO2 will be released later.

Linked Pathways variables from W57:

GROUP_TRUST_a_W57

NEWS_MOST_W57

TALKPOL_W57

FOLELECT_W57

Created variables:

CR_PARTYNEWSUSE_W57 – Partisan media use categories.

CR_NEWS_INFLU_W57 – News influencers, bystanders, disengaged.

CR_DIG_SAV_W57 – Digital savviness index.

CR_MAINSOPOL_GROUPS_W57 – Main political news source categories.

CR_KNOWLEDGE_INDEX_W57 – Political knowledge index.

Weights: Use WEIGHT_W63.5 for analysis; all Pew reports rely on this weight.