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

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VCF0112 Region -- U.S. Census   1) Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)   2) North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)   3) South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)   4) West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA (1948)	9350	20.5%	20.5%	-1.48
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	12775	28%	48.5%	-.48
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	15497	34%	82.4%	.51
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	8015	17.6%	100%	1.51

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	20.6% 4154	20.4% 5170	20.5% 9324
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	28.1% 5662	28.0% 7091	28.0% 12753
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	33.3% 6714	34.5% 8737	33.9% 15451
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	18.1% 3654	17.2% 4355	17.6% 8009
TOTAL	100.0% 20184	100.0% 25353	45537

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	21.6% 8092	16.5% 827	15.1% 56	8.5% 70	14.1% 210	27.9% 38	20.5% 9293
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	30.8% 11569	16.6% 829	13.8% 51	17.2% 142	6.7% 99	14.0% 19	28.0% 12709
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	30.0% 11238	58.9% 2944	24.3% 90	51.3% 423	44.2% 657	9.6% 13	33.9% 15365
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	17.6% 6609	8.0% 400	46.8% 173	22.9% 189	35.0% 521	48.5% 66	17.6% 7958
TOTAL	100.0% 37508	100.0% 5000	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 136	45325

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
NA (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	17.8% 790	19.8% 1945	21.4% 2025	21.0% 1569	21.3% 1347	20.3% 1589	20.4% 9265
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	26.0% 1152	27.1% 2662	28.2% 2673	29.2% 2183	27.6% 1741	29.4% 2295	28.0% 12706
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	37.1% 1648	34.2% 3354	32.2% 3047	32.5% 2432	35.0% 2211	34.5% 2697	34.0% 15389
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	19.1% 849	18.9% 1851	18.1% 1717	17.3% 1293	16.1% 1017	15.8% 1237	17.6% 7964
TOTAL	100.0% 4439	100.0% 9812	100.0% 9462	100.0% 7477	100.0% 6316	100.0% 7818	45324

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 (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	19.5% 1387	21.6% 4565	17.4% 1558	21.7% 1738	20.5% 9248
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	27.5% 1962	30.0% 6322	27.0% 2421	24.6% 1968	28.1% 12673
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	42.7% 3040	33.1% 6984	31.3% 2803	31.3% 2505	33.9% 15332
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	10.3% 733	15.3% 3234	24.3% 2173	22.3% 1782	17.5% 7922
TOTAL	100.0% 7122	100.0% 21105	100.0% 8955	100.0% 7993	45175

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
NA (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	13.3% 3898	36.9% 3915	55.7% 619	19.7% 810	20.5% 9242
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	29.1% 8537	28.6% 3035	15.2% 169	21.9% 904	28.0% 12645
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	41.7% 12210	17.8% 1883	15.9% 177	25.6% 1056	34.0% 15326
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	15.9% 4658	16.7% 1772	13.2% 147	32.8% 1349	17.6% 7926
TOTAL	100.0% 29303	100.0% 10605	100.0% 1112	100.0% 4119	45139

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 (1948)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)	18.4% 1633	15.7% 583	15.5% 699	22.1% 1729	20.9% 1441	17.8% 248	19.1% 6333
North Central (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)	29.4% 2610	32.0% 1191	27.0% 1217	25.3% 1979	23.9% 1653	23.9% 333	27.0% 8983
South (AL, AR, DE, D.C., FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)	38.2% 3398	37.7% 1401	42.3% 1910	33.9% 2650	28.6% 1973	26.7% 372	35.2% 11704
West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)	14.1% 1250	14.6% 542	15.2% 686	18.6% 1455	26.6% 1839	31.7% 442	18.7% 6214
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234