April16.zip

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📄 Description Title: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press – April 2016 Political Survey Fieldwork Dates: April 12–19, 2016 Sample Size: N = 2,008 adults (RDD sample including landline and cell phone interviews) Purpose: This nationally representative survey explores public opinion on key political issues including healthcare, party favorability, and America’s role in global affairs. It supports multiple Pew Research reports released in April and May 2016. The dataset includes weighting variables for combined, landline-only, and cell-only samples, as well as constructed demographic variables such as race and race-ethnicity. Geographic data is derived from self-reported ZIP codes to improve accuracy.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research Center - Public Opinion - Political Attitudes - Health Care Law - GOP Favorability - U.S. Foreign Policy - April 2016 Survey - RDD Sampling - Cell Phone Interviews - Demographic Variables - Race and Ethnicity - Survey Weights - ZIP Code Geography - Data Privacy

📝 Notes - Weighting: Use WEIGHT for full sample analysis. LLWEIGHT and CELLWEIGHT are for landline-only and cell-only subsample analysis, respectively. - Geographic Data: ZIP code-based region/state/county variables are preferred over original sample geography due to lower error rates. Original variables (prefixed with “s”) are retained for archival purposes. - Privacy Measures: Respondent phone numbers, ZIP codes, and county identifiers have been removed to ensure confidentiality. - Constructed Variables: - racecmb: Combines race responses into categories including White, Black, Asian, Mixed, Other, and Don’t Know. - racethn: Integrates race and Hispanic origin into a race-ethnicity variable with categories like White non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, Hispanic, Other, and Don’t Know.