VCF0727 How Many Articles about Election Campaigns in Newspapers

QUESTION:
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1952,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972,1976:  
We're (1952: mainly) interested in this interview in finding out whether 
people paid much attention to the election campaign this year.  Take 
newspapers for instance--did you read (1972 ONLY: much) about the 
campaign in any newspaper?
1974: 
(IF R READS A DAILY NEWSPAPER:) Did you read anything about the campaign 
this year in any newspaper?
1978-1986,1990: 
Did you read about the campaign in any newspapers?
1988,1992 AND LATER: 
(IF R HAS READ A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE PAST WEEK:) Did you read about 
the campaign in any newspaper?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  No, read no newspapers about the campaign
2.  Yes, read newspaper(s) about the campaign

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  DK; NA; no Post IW; form II,III,IV (1972);
    abbrev. telephone IW (1984); DK/NA if R reads a daily
    newspaper (1974); R did not read daily paper in past
    week (1988, 1992, 1996); DK/NA if R read a daily
    paper in past week (1988, 1992, 1996); short form or
    Spanish language (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See VCF0724.
GENERAL NOTE:
In 1974, 1988 and 1992, this question was preceded by a filter. The
1974 filter was:  Do you read a daily newspaper?  In 1988 and 1992 the
filter was:  How many days in the past week did you read a daily
paper?  Rs who replied "no" [1974] or "none" [1988] to the filter
question were not asked this question.  However, 1974 Rs who replied
"no" have been coded 1 while 1988 and 1992 Rs who replied "none" have
been coded 0.
In most years, this question was accompanied by a follow-up question
which asked how much/how often R read campaign articles, how many
campaign articles R read, or how much attention R paid to campaign
articles. If the respondent had read articles at all, regardless how 
little, then R has been coded 2.  Several 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1996
respondents who replied "yes" to the main question, but who replied in
the followup question that they paid "no attention" to articles, have
still been coded 2.  From the 1980 and 1984 studies, however, several
respondents who answered "yes" to the main question but who then
volunteered in the followup that they read "no" articles have been
coded 1 rather than 2.  The 1974 and 1978 follow-up questions have
been disregarded.
1972 NOTE:
Addition of "much" to wording affected distributions significantly.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520173 
1956:  560196 
1960:  600190  
1964:  640279 
1968:  680292 
1972:  720456
1974:  742046,742063 
1976:  763645  
1978:  780072 
1980:  800760,800761 
1982:  820062 
1984:  840727,840728
1986:  860062 
1988:  880130,880134  
1990:  900063 
1992:  923204  
1996:  960247 
2000:  000336
2004:  043021