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

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VCF0106A What racial or ethnic group or groups best describes you? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   0) Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)   1) White   2) Black   3) Asian   4) Native American   5) Hispanic   7) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	338	.7%	.7%	-1.46
White	39115	82.5%	83.2%	-.35
Black	5163	10.9%	94.1%	.76
Asian	370	.8%	94.8%	1.87
Native American	824	1.7%	96.6%	2.98
Hispanic	1487	3.1%	99.7%	4.09
Other	141	.3%	100%	6.3

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.5% 106	0.5% 131	0.5% 237
White	84.1% 17666	81.5% 21447	82.6% 39113
Black	9.5% 1988	12.1% 3175	10.9% 5163
Asian	0.9% 185	0.7% 185	0.8% 370
Native American	1.7% 348	1.8% 476	1.7% 824
Hispanic	3.1% 660	3.1% 827	3.1% 1487
Other	0.3% 65	0.3% 76	0.3% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 21018	100.0% 26317	47335

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
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
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
Asian	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 370	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 370
Native American	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 824	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 824
Hispanic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1487	0.0% 0	3.2% 1487
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 141	0.3% 141
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
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.6% 26	0.4% 45	0.5% 53	0.5% 42	0.4% 29	0.4% 35	0.5% 230
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
Asian	0.9% 41	0.8% 87	1.1% 110	0.8% 63	0.8% 54	0.2% 15	0.8% 370
Native American	2.1% 98	2.0% 210	1.8% 179	1.8% 141	1.6% 103	1.1% 92	1.7% 823
Hispanic	6.1% 278	4.5% 458	3.1% 307	2.4% 192	2.2% 144	1.3% 104	3.1% 1483
Other	0.5% 23	0.3% 29	0.5% 45	0.3% 23	0.2% 15	0.1% 5	0.3% 140
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
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.4% 31	0.4% 87	0.5% 49	0.6% 48	0.5% 215
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
Asian	0.1% 7	0.3% 76	1.1% 98	2.3% 187	0.8% 368
Native American	1.3% 100	2.0% 427	2.1% 192	1.2% 98	1.7% 817
Hispanic	2.9% 230	3.2% 700	3.9% 363	2.3% 185	3.1% 1478
Other	0.8% 61	0.2% 52	0.2% 17	0.1% 10	0.3% 140
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
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.4% 121	0.5% 56	0.6% 7	0.7% 30	0.5% 214
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
Asian	0.4% 115	0.9% 101	0.0% 0	3.6% 149	0.8% 365
Native American	2.0% 614	0.8% 88	0.3% 3	2.8% 117	1.8% 822
Hispanic	1.3% 385	8.7% 956	0.7% 8	3.1% 128	3.1% 1477
Other	0.1% 38	0.8% 85	0.1% 1	0.4% 17	0.3% 141
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
Don't know/NA/no Pre IW/short-form "new" Cross Section or Spanish language (1992)	0.6% 53	0.6% 21	0.7% 31	0.5% 37	0.6% 44	0.4% 6	0.6% 192
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
Asian	1.1% 98	0.9% 32	0.9% 40	0.6% 50	1.8% 127	1.5% 21	1.1% 368
Native American	2.0% 180	2.2% 83	2.5% 111	2.4% 186	3.2% 223	2.7% 37	2.5% 820
Hispanic	4.3% 378	4.2% 155	6.0% 269	4.3% 338	4.4% 303	2.1% 29	4.4% 1472
Other	0.1% 10	0.1% 4	0.1% 6	0.2% 12	0.1% 8	0.3% 4	0.1% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234