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

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VCF0019 Respondent's relationship to head of household 1952-1986   0) No Pre IW (1952, 1960)   1) Respondent is head of household   2) Respondent is spouse of head of household   3) Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head   9) NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	117	.4%	.4%	-2.17
Respondent is head of household	16796	58.9%	59.3%	-.7
Respondent is spouse of head of household	9771	34.3%	93.6%	.77
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	1790	6.3%	99.9%	2.24
NA	41	.1%	100%	11.05

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.0% 5	0.1% 12	0.1% 17
Respondent is head of household	94.0% 11732	31.8% 5064	59.1% 16796
Respondent is spouse of head of household	0.1% 14	61.2% 9757	34.4% 9771
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	5.8% 721	6.7% 1069	6.3% 1790
NA	0.0% 5	0.2% 36	0.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 12477	100.0% 15938	28415

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.1% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 17
Respondent is head of household	58.3% 14245	66.1% 1929	58.8% 50	58.9% 198	55.9% 265	63.5% 66	59.1% 16753
Respondent is spouse of head of household	35.7% 8717	24.6% 717	29.4% 25	33.0% 111	33.3% 158	29.8% 31	34.4% 9759
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	5.8% 1427	9.1% 266	11.8% 10	8.0% 27	10.3% 49	6.7% 7	6.3% 1786
NA	0.1% 27	0.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 24433	100.0% 2919	100.0% 85	100.0% 336	100.0% 474	100.0% 104	28351

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.1% 5	0.1% 5	0.1% 3	0.1% 3	0.1% 17
Respondent is head of household	40.0% 1175	52.4% 3319	56.7% 3182	59.5% 2792	66.2% 2674	76.6% 3547	59.1% 16689
Respondent is spouse of head of household	30.7% 902	42.4% 2687	40.5% 2273	37.7% 1768	30.8% 1246	18.3% 846	34.4% 9722
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	29.1% 856	5.1% 324	2.7% 150	2.5% 116	2.7% 108	4.9% 228	6.3% 1782
NA	0.2% 5	0.1% 8	0.1% 3	0.2% 8	0.2% 8	0.2% 8	0.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 2938	100.0% 6339	100.0% 5613	100.0% 4689	100.0% 4039	100.0% 4632	28250

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
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.1% 3	0.1% 11	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 17
Respondent is head of household	68.4% 3985	53.0% 7402	59.4% 2792	67.0% 2530	59.1% 16709
Respondent is spouse of head of household	26.2% 1528	40.2% 5619	32.0% 1502	28.6% 1079	34.4% 9728
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	5.1% 298	6.5% 911	8.5% 397	4.3% 162	6.3% 1768
NA	0.2% 9	0.1% 20	0.1% 4	0.1% 5	0.1% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 5823	100.0% 13963	100.0% 4698	100.0% 3776	28260

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.1% 13	0.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 17
Respondent is head of household	59.2% 11365	55.6% 3564	60.4% 448	69.7% 1275	59.1% 16652
Respondent is spouse of head of household	35.0% 6708	36.5% 2339	36.1% 268	20.8% 381	34.4% 9696
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	5.6% 1074	7.8% 502	3.5% 26	9.3% 170	6.3% 1772
NA	0.1% 28	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	0.1% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 19188	100.0% 6415	100.0% 742	100.0% 1830	28175

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
No Pre IW (1952, 1960)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Respondent is head of household	54.8% 2605	56.5% 1067	60.5% 1366	63.1% 3234	65.9% 1512	71.3% 868	60.7% 10652
Respondent is spouse of head of household	39.6% 1885	38.3% 724	32.4% 731	29.2% 1496	27.0% 620	17.5% 213	32.3% 5669
Respondent is neither head of household nor spouse of head	5.4% 256	5.1% 97	7.0% 158	7.6% 389	6.8% 156	10.9% 133	6.8% 1189
NA	0.2% 9	0.1% 1	0.2% 4	0.1% 7	0.2% 5	0.3% 4	0.2% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 4755	100.0% 1889	100.0% 2259	100.0% 5126	100.0% 2293	100.0% 1218	17540