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

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VCF0102 What is the month, day and year of your birth? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   0) NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW   1) 17-24   2) 25-34   3) 35-44   4) 45-54   5) 55-64   6) 65-74   7) 75-99 and over

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	328	.7%	.7%	-2.07
17-24	4570	9.6%	10.3%	-1.49
25-34	10246	21.6%	31.9%	-.91
35-44	9883	20.8%	52.8%	-.34
45-54	7840	16.5%	69.3%	.24
55-64	6537	13.8%	83.1%	.82
65-74	5085	10.7%	93.8%	1.4
75-99 and over	2949	6.2%	100%	1.97

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.3% 66	0.6% 161	0.5% 227
17-24	9.5% 2001	9.8% 2568	9.7% 4569
25-34	21.5% 4522	21.8% 5724	21.6% 10246
35-44	22.0% 4626	20.0% 5257	20.9% 9883
45-54	17.4% 3662	15.9% 4177	16.6% 7839
55-64	14.1% 2960	13.6% 3577	13.8% 6537
65-74	10.1% 2115	11.3% 2970	10.7% 5085
75-99 and over	5.1% 1066	7.2% 1883	6.2% 2949
TOTAL	100.0% 21018	100.0% 26317	47335

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.5% 177	0.7% 37	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 4	0.7% 1	0.5% 220
17-24	9.0% 3523	11.3% 581	11.1% 41	11.9% 98	18.7% 278	16.3% 23	9.6% 4544
25-34	20.8% 8152	24.5% 1265	23.5% 87	25.5% 210	30.8% 458	20.6% 29	21.7% 10201
35-44	20.7% 8114	20.8% 1075	29.7% 110	21.7% 179	20.6% 307	31.9% 45	20.9% 9830
45-54	16.7% 6542	16.2% 837	17.0% 63	17.1% 141	12.9% 192	16.3% 23	16.6% 7798
55-64	14.1% 5526	12.9% 666	14.6% 54	12.5% 103	9.7% 144	10.6% 15	13.8% 6508
65-74	11.4% 4456	8.8% 455	2.7% 10	7.8% 64	4.8% 72	2.1% 3	10.7% 5060
75-99 and over	6.7% 2625	4.8% 247	1.4% 5	3.4% 28	2.2% 32	1.4% 2	6.2% 2939
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
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
17-24	100.0% 4570	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.7% 4570
25-34	0.0% 0	100.0% 10246	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	21.7% 10246
35-44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 9883	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	21.0% 9883
45-54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 7840	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.6% 7840
55-64	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 6537	0.0% 0	13.9% 6537
65-74	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	63.3% 5085	10.8% 5085
75-99 and over	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.7% 2949	6.3% 2949
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
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.6% 49	0.3% 76	0.4% 36	0.4% 32	0.4% 193
17-24	2.0% 155	11.8% 2589	15.2% 1400	5.0% 403	9.7% 4547
25-34	7.4% 583	23.4% 5127	26.1% 2395	25.8% 2082	21.7% 10187
35-44	13.0% 1020	20.6% 4505	22.5% 2070	27.7% 2235	20.9% 9830
45-54	17.7% 1384	16.2% 3552	15.1% 1390	18.1% 1459	16.6% 7785
55-64	22.0% 1726	13.3% 2911	9.7% 892	12.0% 966	13.8% 6495
65-74	22.3% 1750	9.5% 2069	7.1% 652	6.9% 554	10.7% 5025
75-99 and over	14.9% 1163	4.8% 1059	3.9% 356	4.1% 328	6.2% 2906
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
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.4% 123	0.4% 40	1.0% 12	0.5% 19	0.4% 194
17-24	8.7% 2649	10.6% 1159	4.5% 53	16.3% 683	9.7% 4544
25-34	20.4% 6253	23.5% 2580	18.1% 212	26.5% 1109	21.6% 10154
35-44	20.5% 6272	21.7% 2375	23.5% 275	21.2% 886	20.9% 9808
45-54	16.8% 5148	16.3% 1789	19.6% 229	14.7% 614	16.6% 7780
55-64	14.8% 4517	12.7% 1396	13.6% 159	9.9% 413	13.8% 6485
65-74	11.7% 3573	9.6% 1050	12.7% 149	6.5% 272	10.7% 5044
75-99 and over	6.8% 2085	5.2% 573	7.0% 82	4.4% 185	6.2% 2925
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
NA/Don't know/Refused/No Pre IW	0.3% 28	0.4% 16	0.2% 11	0.4% 31	0.3% 18	0.5% 7	0.3% 111
17-24	6.6% 589	8.3% 308	14.0% 633	13.0% 1015	11.6% 799	23.5% 328	11.0% 3672
25-34	16.6% 1474	20.2% 751	25.1% 1132	24.5% 1915	22.1% 1523	31.6% 441	21.8% 7236
35-44	18.8% 1672	21.7% 805	20.4% 921	20.0% 1560	20.2% 1394	19.0% 265	19.9% 6617
45-54	15.5% 1374	16.6% 617	14.6% 661	15.6% 1217	15.7% 1084	9.0% 125	15.3% 5078
55-64	17.0% 1513	14.7% 545	11.5% 521	13.2% 1034	12.0% 829	7.5% 104	13.7% 4546
65-74	15.0% 1338	11.7% 434	8.8% 395	8.9% 696	9.7% 671	5.6% 78	10.9% 3612
75-99 and over	10.2% 903	6.5% 241	5.3% 238	4.4% 345	8.5% 588	3.4% 47	7.1% 2362
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234