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VCF9035 How Many Days R Watched National TV

QUESTION:
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How many days in the past week did you watch national news (1986: a
national news program) (1984,1990-1994: the news; 1996-2000: the
national news) (2002,2004: the national network news) on TV?

VALID_CODES:
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0.   None
1.   One day
.
.
7.   Every day

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; DK/NA if watches national network TV news (1984
     only); short form or Spanish language IW
     (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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Actual number of days coded.
GENERAL NOTE:
This was a post variable in 1986 only.
1984 NOTE:
This variable was preceded by the question, "How often do you watch the 
national network news on TV...?" and if R replied that R watched 
national network news at all, then R was asked how many days in the 
past week R watched the news. NOTE:  distributions vary considerably.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1984:  840108,840110  
1986:  860070 
1988:  880128  
1990:  900072 
1992:  923201  
1994:  940126
1996:  960242  
1998:  980204  
2000:  000329  
2002:  023002
2004:  043014


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03