American-Trends-Panel-Wave-14-Jan-16.zip

Here’s a structured summary for the Pew Research Center American Trends Panel Wave 14 dataset, including a clear description, relevant tags, and detailed notes for documentation, analysis, or archival use:

📄 Description Title: Pew Research Center – American Trends Panel Wave 14 Fieldwork Dates: January 12 – February 8, 2016 Sample Size: N = 4,654 U.S. adults Mode: Web and Mail (English and Spanish) Purpose: This wave investigates Americans’ news consumption habits, civic engagement, and loyalty to media sources. It includes detailed social media behavior, local voting patterns, and a civic activity index. The dataset supports Pew’s broader research on digital media and political participation.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research Center - American Trends Panel - Social Media Use - News Consumption - Civic Engagement - Local Voting - Media Loyalty - Web and Mail Survey - Survey Weights - January 2016 - Syntax Variables - Spanish Translation Error - Open-End Coding - Digital Behavior

📝 Notes ⚖️ Weighting - WEIGHT_W14_SOCIALMEDIA: Use for all analyses. This weight includes adjustments for volunteering, daily internet use, and social media usage. ⚠️ Data Adjustments - Google+ Removed: Variables SNS_C_W14 and SNSNEWSC_W14 excluded from analysis. - Spanish Translation Error: The Spanish version of NEWS_PLATFORM item D omitted the word “local,” affecting 66 respondents (4% of weighted sample). 🧠 Constructed Variables via Syntax - Local Voting Habits (localvoting): - Combines registration and voting frequency. - 1 = Always and registered, 2 = Less often or unregistered - Civic Engagement Index (civeng): - Based on participation in 13 civic activities. - 1 = Not active, 2 = Somewhat active, 3 = Highly active - Media Loyalty Scale (medialoyal_comb): - Combines responses from MEDIALOYAL2_W14 and MEDIALOYAL3_W14 - 1 = Very loyal, 2 = Somewhat loyal, 3 = Non-loyal, 99 = Refused either 📋 Questionnaire Format - The publicly available questionnaire and topline reflect the web mode only. - Mail mode questionnaires are available upon request from Pew Research Center.