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

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VCF0050A PRE INTERVIEWER OBSERVATION: Respondent's general level of information about politics and public affairs seemed:   1) Very high   2) Fairly high   3) Average   4) Fairly low   5) Very low   9) NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very high	2772	13.1%	13.1%	-1.47
Fairly high	5697	26.9%	40%	-.67
Average	7201	34%	74.1%	.13
Fairly low	3813	18%	92.1%	.93
Very low	1471	7%	99.1%	1.73
NA	196	.9%	100%	4.93

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very high	17.7% 1646	9.5% 1126	13.1% 2772
Fairly high	31.5% 2928	23.4% 2769	26.9% 5697
Average	31.9% 2969	35.7% 4232	34.0% 7201
Fairly low	13.1% 1221	21.9% 2592	18.0% 3813
Very low	4.6% 430	8.8% 1041	7.0% 1471
NA	1.1% 105	0.8% 91	0.9% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 9299	100.0% 11851	21150

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Very high	14.1% 2366	7.6% 186	18.7% 45	11.2% 61	10.1% 95	9.5% 4	13.1% 2757
Fairly high	28.8% 4840	19.3% 470	23.2% 56	22.5% 123	19.0% 178	28.6% 12	27.0% 5679
Average	33.8% 5691	35.5% 867	34.0% 82	32.7% 179	35.1% 329	35.7% 15	34.1% 7163
Fairly low	16.7% 2811	24.5% 599	17.8% 43	23.9% 131	21.8% 204	4.8% 2	18.0% 3790
Very low	5.9% 988	11.8% 288	6.2% 15	9.1% 50	12.5% 117	16.7% 7	7.0% 1465
NA	0.7% 118	1.2% 30	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	1.4% 13	4.8% 2	0.8% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 16814	100.0% 2440	100.0% 241	100.0% 547	100.0% 936	100.0% 42	21020

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Very high	6.0% 133	11.4% 512	15.8% 666	16.9% 572	15.3% 450	11.3% 431	13.1% 2764
Fairly high	20.3% 448	26.7% 1198	29.5% 1245	29.8% 1008	27.1% 798	25.7% 983	27.0% 5680
Average	35.8% 790	35.7% 1603	33.2% 1404	32.6% 1102	33.4% 984	33.8% 1292	34.1% 7175
Fairly low	27.0% 596	18.3% 823	15.4% 650	14.4% 486	17.0% 500	19.3% 739	18.0% 3794
Very low	10.1% 222	6.9% 310	5.4% 230	5.1% 171	6.2% 183	9.0% 346	6.9% 1462
NA	0.7% 15	1.0% 43	0.7% 28	1.2% 40	1.1% 33	0.9% 33	0.9% 192
TOTAL	100.0% 2204	100.0% 4489	100.0% 4223	100.0% 3379	100.0% 2948	100.0% 3824	21067

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
Very high	2.6% 60	5.6% 524	14.6% 703	33.1% 1461	13.1% 2748
Fairly high	10.6% 245	20.9% 1976	34.0% 1643	40.6% 1792	26.9% 5656
Average	30.2% 697	40.3% 3798	36.2% 1749	20.6% 908	34.1% 7152
Fairly low	33.3% 770	23.9% 2252	12.1% 583	4.1% 182	18.0% 3787
Very low	22.1% 510	8.6% 811	2.3% 110	0.7% 29	7.0% 1460
NA	1.3% 29	0.8% 74	0.8% 41	0.9% 41	0.9% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 2311	100.0% 9435	100.0% 4829	100.0% 4413	20988

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Very high	12.0% 1576	13.3% 681	29.5% 143	15.7% 355	13.1% 2755
Fairly high	26.1% 3421	27.8% 1424	36.5% 177	27.8% 628	26.9% 5650
Average	34.9% 4583	34.1% 1746	24.1% 117	31.5% 711	34.1% 7157
Fairly low	18.9% 2485	17.2% 880	7.8% 38	16.8% 380	18.0% 3783
Very low	7.2% 945	6.7% 342	1.6% 8	7.0% 158	6.9% 1453
NA	0.9% 115	0.8% 41	0.4% 2	1.2% 27	0.9% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 13125	100.0% 5114	100.0% 485	100.0% 2259	20983

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
Very high	14.1% 705	15.4% 353	12.0% 321	11.5% 516	13.8% 579	11.6% 86	13.2% 2560
Fairly high	28.2% 1412	27.6% 631	25.8% 691	26.4% 1184	26.8% 1125	29.4% 218	27.1% 5261
Average	34.5% 1728	34.6% 791	35.6% 956	35.5% 1593	32.6% 1366	30.3% 225	34.3% 6659
Fairly low	16.7% 839	16.5% 376	19.0% 511	18.7% 838	18.4% 770	19.1% 142	17.9% 3476
Very low	5.7% 284	4.8% 110	6.6% 178	7.2% 323	7.5% 314	8.2% 61	6.5% 1270
NA	0.9% 45	1.1% 24	1.0% 26	0.6% 29	0.9% 36	1.3% 10	0.9% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 5013	100.0% 2285	100.0% 2683	100.0% 4483	100.0% 4190	100.0% 742	19396