American-Trends-Panel-Wave-17-May-16.zip

Here’s a structured summary for the Pew Research Center American Trends Panel Wave 17 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 17 Fieldwork Dates: May 10 – June 6, 2016 Sample Size: N = 4,563 U.S. adults Mode: Web and Mail (English and Spanish) Purpose: This wave explores public attitudes toward science in everyday life, food safety, climate change, and political preferences during the 2016 presidential primaries. It includes recoded open-end responses for Democratic nominee preferences and supports multiple Pew reports on science, health, and political polarization.

🏷️ Tags - Pew Research Center - American Trends Panel - 2016 Election - Democratic Primary - Political Preferences - Climate Change - Food Safety - Childhood Vaccines - Organic and GMO Foods - Science and Society - Web and Mail Survey - Survey Weights - May 2016 - Open-End Coding - Public Opinion

📝 Notes ⚖️ Weighting - WEIGHT_W17: Use for all analyses. This weight accounts for both web and mail respondents and ensures representativeness across modes. 🧠 Recoded Variables - DEM1_W17: First-choice Democratic nominee, recoded from open-end responses. - DEM2_W17: Second-choice Democratic nominee, recoded from open-end responses. 📋 Questionnaire Format - The publicly available questionnaire and topline reflect the web mode only. - Mail mode questionnaires are available upon request from Pew Research Center.