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

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VCF0105 What racial or ethnic group or groups best describes you? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   0) NA/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)   1) White   2) Black

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	3160	6.7%	6.7%	-2.5
White	39115	82.5%	89.1%	-.1
Black	5163	10.9%	100%	2.3

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	6.5% 1364	6.4% 1695	6.5% 3059
White	84.1% 17666	81.5% 21447	82.6% 39113
Black	9.5% 1988	12.1% 3175	10.9% 5163
TOTAL	100.0% 21018	100.0% 26317	47335

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 141	6.0% 2822
White	100.0% 39115	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	83.0% 39115
Black	0.0% 0	100.0% 5163	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.0% 5163
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/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	10.2% 466	8.1% 829	7.0% 694	5.9% 461	5.3% 345	3.1% 251	6.5% 3046
White	77.1% 3523	79.6% 8152	82.1% 8114	83.4% 6542	84.5% 5526	88.1% 7081	82.7% 38938
Black	12.7% 581	12.3% 1265	10.9% 1075	10.7% 837	10.2% 666	8.7% 702	10.9% 5126
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/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	5.5% 429	6.1% 1342	7.8% 719	6.6% 528	6.4% 3018
White	78.6% 6156	82.5% 18059	82.1% 7550	87.6% 7062	82.7% 38827
Black	15.9% 1245	11.4% 2487	10.0% 922	5.8% 469	10.9% 5123
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/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	4.2% 1273	11.7% 1286	1.6% 19	10.5% 441	6.4% 3019
White	81.4% 24912	85.2% 9338	98.0% 1147	81.4% 3405	82.7% 38802
Black	14.5% 4435	3.1% 338	0.4% 5	8.0% 335	10.9% 5113
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/Other/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	8.1% 719	7.9% 295	10.1% 457	8.0% 623	10.2% 705	7.0% 97	8.7% 2896
White	80.0% 7112	78.0% 2899	69.4% 3130	82.2% 6422	83.3% 5752	83.2% 1161	79.7% 26476
Black	11.9% 1060	14.1% 523	20.5% 925	9.8% 768	6.5% 449	9.8% 137	11.6% 3862
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234