American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004

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VCF0016 Sample component: "new" cross-section or panel case   0) Fresh Cross case   1) Panel case

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fresh Cross case	38987	82.2%	82.2%	-.46
Panel case	8451	17.8%	100%	2.15

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	81.9% 17214	82.3% 21670	82.1% 38884
Panel case	18.1% 3804	17.7% 4647	17.9% 8451
TOTAL	100.0% 21018	100.0% 26317	47335

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	82.1% 32128	83.3% 4302	78.9% 292	80.0% 659	82.6% 1228	80.1% 113	82.2% 38722
Panel case	17.9% 6987	16.7% 861	21.1% 78	20.0% 165	17.4% 259	19.9% 28	17.8% 8378
TOTAL	100.0% 39115	100.0% 5163	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 141	47100

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	92.2% 4215	84.6% 8671	80.8% 7987	80.2% 6286	79.9% 5222	78.4% 6300	82.1% 38681
Panel case	7.8% 355	15.4% 1575	19.2% 1896	19.8% 1554	20.1% 1315	21.6% 1734	17.9% 8429
TOTAL	100.0% 4570	100.0% 10246	100.0% 9883	100.0% 7840	100.0% 6537	100.0% 8034	47110

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less (0-8 grades)	High school (12 grades or fewer)	Some college (13 grades or more but no degree)	College or advanced degree	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	84.7% 6630	83.1% 18181	81.4% 7485	78.2% 6304	82.2% 38600
Panel case	15.3% 1200	16.9% 3707	18.6% 1706	21.8% 1755	17.8% 8368
TOTAL	100.0% 7830	100.0% 21888	100.0% 9191	100.0% 8059	46968

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	82.4% 25218	82.1% 9003	83.0% 972	80.9% 3383	82.2% 38576
Panel case	17.6% 5402	17.9% 1959	17.0% 199	19.1% 798	17.8% 8358
TOTAL	100.0% 30620	100.0% 10962	100.0% 1171	100.0% 4181	46934

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Every week	Almost every week (no cases in 1970)	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	No religious preference (1970-1988)	TOTAL
Fresh Cross case	78.9% 7019	77.2% 2870	79.8% 3601	84.5% 6604	75.8% 5237	94.5% 1318	80.2% 26649
Panel case	21.1% 1872	22.8% 847	20.2% 911	15.5% 1209	24.2% 1669	5.5% 77	19.8% 6585
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234