PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE & THE PRESS FEBRUARY 2002 NEWS INTEREST INDEX February 12-18

Pew Research Center – February 2002 News Interest Index Conducted February 12–18, 2002 (N=1,199), this nationally representative survey explores public attitudes toward business values and national priorities, including the classic “guns vs. butter” trade-off. The dataset includes constructed indices for economic sentiment and defense/social spending preferences. SPSS syntax was used to recode and aggregate responses into composite variables for analysis.

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Source https://www.pewresearch.org/datasets/
Author Pew Reseach Center
Maintainer Gallup Pakistan
Last Updated September 1, 2025, 11:10 (UTC)
Created September 1, 2025, 11:10 (UTC)
Publisher Pew Reseach Center
Data Type non-geospatial
Data Source Primary Research
Organization Type Private organization
Category Demography