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

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VCF0106 What racial or ethnic group or groups best describes you? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   1) White   2) Black   3) Other   9) Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
White	39115	82.8%	82.8%	-.33
Black	5163	10.9%	93.7%	.86
Other	2652	5.6%	99.3%	2.05
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	331	.7%	100%	9.19

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
White	84.4% 17666	81.8% 21447	82.9% 39113
Black	9.5% 1988	12.1% 3175	10.9% 5163
Other	5.6% 1176	5.6% 1476	5.6% 2652
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.5% 105	0.5% 125	0.5% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 20935	100.0% 26223	47158

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
White	100.0% 39115	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	83.3% 39115
Black	0.0% 0	100.0% 5163	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.0% 5163
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 337	100.0% 775	100.0% 1399	100.0% 141	5.7% 2652
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 39115	100.0% 5163	100.0% 337	100.0% 775	100.0% 1399	100.0% 141	46930

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
White	77.6% 3523	79.9% 8152	82.5% 8114	83.7% 6542	84.9% 5526	88.3% 7081	83.0% 38938
Black	12.8% 581	12.4% 1265	10.9% 1075	10.7% 837	10.2% 666	8.8% 702	10.9% 5126
Other	9.0% 410	7.3% 748	6.1% 597	5.1% 398	4.5% 292	2.5% 201	5.6% 2646
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.6% 25	0.4% 44	0.5% 50	0.5% 42	0.4% 27	0.4% 35	0.5% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 4539	100.0% 10209	100.0% 9836	100.0% 7819	100.0% 6511	100.0% 8019	46933

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
White	78.7% 6156	82.8% 18059	82.7% 7550	88.1% 7062	83.0% 38827
Black	15.9% 1245	11.4% 2487	10.1% 922	5.9% 469	10.9% 5123
Other	5.0% 390	5.5% 1195	6.7% 611	5.5% 437	5.6% 2633
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.4% 31	0.4% 82	0.5% 49	0.6% 46	0.4% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 7822	100.0% 21823	100.0% 9132	100.0% 8014	46791

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
White	81.6% 24912	85.7% 9338	98.1% 1147	82.1% 3405	83.0% 38802
Black	14.5% 4435	3.1% 338	0.4% 5	8.1% 335	10.9% 5113
Other	3.5% 1080	10.7% 1171	0.9% 10	9.1% 377	5.6% 2638
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.4% 117	0.5% 55	0.6% 7	0.7% 29	0.4% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 30544	100.0% 10902	100.0% 1169	100.0% 4146	46761

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
White	80.3% 7112	78.4% 2899	69.8% 3130	82.4% 6422	84.1% 5752	83.2% 1161	80.1% 26476
Black	12.0% 1060	14.1% 523	20.6% 925	9.9% 768	6.6% 449	9.8% 137	11.7% 3862
Other	7.1% 628	6.9% 255	8.9% 399	7.2% 564	8.7% 598	6.5% 91	7.7% 2535
Don't know/NA/No Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.6% 52	0.5% 20	0.7% 31	0.5% 37	0.6% 40	0.4% 6	0.6% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 8852	100.0% 3697	100.0% 4485	100.0% 7791	100.0% 6839	100.0% 1395	33059