June05.zip

Household Selection Experiment • Initiated: May 2005, applied to all subsequent surveys • Purpose: Increase representation of younger respondents, especially young women • Method: • Half of sample: traditional selection (youngest male/oldest female) • Other half: youngest male/youngest female • Variable: used to analyze selection method impact 🗳️ Political Attitude Variables • Self vs Party Ideology Comparison: • : Respondent rating of Republican Party • : Respondent rating of Democratic Party • : Respondent’s own ideological rating • Derived Variables: • : Comparison of Republican Party to self • : Comparison of Democratic Party to self • Value Labels: • 1 = More conservative • 2 = Same • 3 = More liberal • 9 = Not rated (values >7 treated as missing)