2017-Pew-Research-Center-STEM-survey.zip

📝 Notes ⚖️ Weighting - The dataset includes a general population weight variable for all analyses to ensure national representativeness. 🔐 Privacy Measures - Respondent state information has been removed from the public data file. 🧠 Key Variables and Adjustments - STEM Degree Classification (STEM_DEGREE) Created using SPSS syntax based on degree codes: - 1 = At least one STEM degree - 2 = No STEM degrees - 9 = Not enough information / Don’t know / Refused - Job Type Confirmation (WORKTYPE_FINAL) Reflects whether respondents currently work in a STEM or non-STEM job, based on reconfirmation logic. - Confirmation_flag indicates which version of the reconfirmation question was received. - Education Support Text Variation (SCH10B_5) Two versions of the question were fielded. - SCH10_flag identifies which version each respondent saw.