VAR CF9035 HOW MANY DAYS R WATCHED NATIONAL TV NEWS
COLUMNS 760 - 760
NUMERIC
MD EQ 8 OR GE 9
How many days in the past week did you watch national news (1986: a
national news program) (1984,1990 and later: the news) on TV?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
This was a post variable in 1986 only.
Filter: in 1984 only, this variable was preceded by the question,
"How often do you watch the national network news on TV...?"
and if R replied that s/he watched national network news at all, then
R was asked how many days in the past week s/he watched the news.
NOTE: distributions vary considerably when the filter is administered
(1984).
Actual number of days coded.
0. NONE
1. ONE DAY
.
.
7. EVERY DAY
8. DK
9. NA; DK/NA if watches national network TV news (1984 only);
INAP, short form or Spanish language IW (1992); question
not used
1984: 108,110 1986: 70 1988: 128
1990: 72 1992: 3201 1994: 126
1996: 960242 1998: 980204
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