Entry:

Jackson-Beeck, Marilyn, "The Nonviewers: Who Are They?" Journal of Communication, 27 (Summer, 1977), 65-72.


Abstract:

Though non-viewers differ from viewers in a number of ways they do not form a meaningful and distinctive cultural subgroup.

GSS Years:

1972

Other Data Sets:

NORC 1965; Gallup 1978, 1981, 1982; ANES 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978; Roper 1976

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

TVHOURS

HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

CHILDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

FAMILY16

LIVING WITH PARENTS WHEN 16 YRS OLD

SIBS

NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

RINCOME

RESPONDENTS INCOME

INCOME72

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

PARTYID

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION

POLVIEWS

THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE