PEW RESEARCH CENTER - Global Attitudes & Trends

Spring 2014 44-Nation Survey

It is important to read this information before using the Pew Research Center's
Spring 2014 Global Attitudes survey dataset.

1. General population weight:

The weight that must be used when analyzing the attitudes and opinions of the
general populations are:

General population variable name: Weight

Weight by weight for this analysis.

2. The full topline results are for the general populations, unless otherwise
stated. To access topline trends, please use the Pew Global Attitudes & Trends
Question Database on our website: http://www.pewglobal.org/question-search/

3. The topline results exclude data for questions where there are fewer than 100
observations for a particular country. This data is, however, included in the full
dataset.

4. The sample in Ukraine includes all areas available for surveying in 2014,
including the oblasts of Luhans'k, Donets'k, as well as Crimea.

5. The questionnaire includes full question wording as well as answer category

values.

6. Methodological overviews of each survey country, including sample design,

mode, languages, fieldwork dates, sample size, margin of error, and
representativeness are available on our methods website:
http://www.pewglobal.org/international-survey-methodology/?year_select=2014

7. Certain variables have been eliminated from the dataset either because of
disclosure sensitivities or because of administrative errors.