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

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VCF0114 Please look at this card/page and tell me the letter of the income group that includes the income of all members of your family living here in [previous year] before taxes. This figure should include salaries, wages, pensions, dividends, interest, and all other income. (IF UNCERTAIN:) What would be your best guess? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   0) Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW   1) 0 to 16 percentile   2) 17 to 33 percentile   3) 34 to 67 percentile   4) 68 to 95 percentile   5) 96 to 100 percentile

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	3443	7.5%	7.5%	-1.98
0 to 16 percentile	7210	15.7%	23.2%	-1.24
17 to 33 percentile	7076	15.4%	38.6%	-.5
34 to 67 percentile	13775	30%	68.6%	.24
68 to 95 percentile	12077	26.3%	94.9%	.99
96 to 100 percentile	2346	5.1%	100%	1.73

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	6.1% 1240	8.3% 2102	7.3% 3342
0 to 16 percentile	11.5% 2343	19.1% 4867	15.7% 7210
17 to 33 percentile	14.0% 2856	16.6% 4220	15.4% 7076
34 to 67 percentile	31.5% 6402	28.9% 7372	30.1% 13774
68 to 95 percentile	30.9% 6281	22.8% 5795	26.4% 12076
96 to 100 percentile	6.1% 1232	4.4% 1114	5.1% 2346
TOTAL	100.0% 20354	100.0% 25470	45824

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	6.9% 2634	8.8% 440	9.1% 31	9.1% 73	8.8% 123	4.2% 5	7.3% 3306
0 to 16 percentile	13.3% 5042	33.0% 1656	10.0% 34	18.0% 144	19.7% 275	21.0% 25	15.7% 7176
17 to 33 percentile	14.6% 5552	20.2% 1013	10.3% 35	16.2% 129	20.1% 281	31.1% 37	15.5% 7047
34 to 67 percentile	30.8% 11694	23.8% 1194	25.2% 86	33.6% 268	31.4% 439	26.1% 31	30.1% 13712
68 to 95 percentile	28.5% 10824	13.0% 653	35.5% 121	19.5% 156	17.5% 245	16.0% 19	26.4% 12018
96 to 100 percentile	5.8% 2187	1.1% 55	10.0% 34	3.5% 28	2.5% 35	1.7% 2	5.1% 2341
TOTAL	100.0% 37933	100.0% 5011	100.0% 341	100.0% 798	100.0% 1398	100.0% 119	45600

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	7.5% 338	4.6% 461	5.3% 510	6.0% 455	8.1% 506	12.9% 1000	7.2% 3270
0 to 16 percentile	20.9% 940	9.7% 975	7.3% 698	10.3% 773	17.6% 1102	34.6% 2677	15.7% 7165
17 to 33 percentile	18.8% 848	14.1% 1411	11.1% 1056	12.0% 904	16.3% 1021	23.4% 1808	15.5% 7048
34 to 67 percentile	31.7% 1426	38.6% 3871	32.3% 3079	28.1% 2113	28.8% 1810	18.6% 1440	30.1% 13739
68 to 95 percentile	18.4% 828	29.7% 2981	36.8% 3507	34.5% 2600	23.8% 1492	8.3% 645	26.4% 12053
96 to 100 percentile	2.6% 119	3.4% 341	7.2% 686	9.1% 682	5.5% 345	2.1% 162	5.1% 2335
TOTAL	100.0% 4499	100.0% 10040	100.0% 9536	100.0% 7527	100.0% 6276	100.0% 7732	45610

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/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	7.3% 569	7.2% 1547	7.2% 629	6.7% 502	7.1% 3247
0 to 16 percentile	37.5% 2921	14.4% 3094	9.3% 815	4.2% 318	15.7% 7148
17 to 33 percentile	22.5% 1751	17.2% 3677	12.7% 1106	6.7% 503	15.5% 7037
34 to 67 percentile	21.7% 1694	33.7% 7228	32.6% 2842	25.6% 1931	30.1% 13695
68 to 95 percentile	10.0% 781	24.5% 5253	32.1% 2804	42.1% 3171	26.4% 12009
96 to 100 percentile	1.0% 78	2.9% 620	6.0% 527	14.7% 1109	5.1% 2334
TOTAL	100.0% 7794	100.0% 21419	100.0% 8723	100.0% 7534	45470

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Don't know/NA/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	6.8% 2027	7.0% 741	9.5% 108	8.5% 337	7.1% 3213
0 to 16 percentile	17.6% 5239	11.2% 1189	7.7% 87	16.2% 643	15.8% 7158
17 to 33 percentile	16.3% 4865	13.5% 1428	8.6% 97	16.3% 645	15.5% 7035
34 to 67 percentile	30.0% 8936	31.8% 3359	23.0% 261	29.1% 1151	30.2% 13707
68 to 95 percentile	24.7% 7341	31.3% 3307	34.2% 387	24.3% 963	26.4% 11998
96 to 100 percentile	4.6% 1369	5.2% 545	17.0% 193	5.6% 222	5.1% 2329
TOTAL	100.0% 29777	100.0% 10569	100.0% 1133	100.0% 3961	45440

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/Refused to answer/No Pre IW	9.6% 815	9.3% 327	7.8% 333	7.9% 605	8.2% 528	10.0% 140	8.7% 2748
0 to 16 percentile	14.4% 1221	12.9% 453	18.2% 776	13.8% 1054	17.0% 1095	14.5% 202	15.1% 4801
17 to 33 percentile	15.2% 1290	14.4% 505	15.9% 679	14.0% 1068	16.7% 1082	14.6% 204	15.2% 4828
34 to 67 percentile	31.0% 2632	30.2% 1059	29.8% 1274	31.3% 2391	30.1% 1943	32.0% 446	30.7% 9745
68 to 95 percentile	25.5% 2158	27.4% 960	24.2% 1034	27.2% 2079	23.3% 1505	23.3% 325	25.4% 8061
96 to 100 percentile	4.3% 361	5.7% 199	4.1% 175	5.7% 434	4.8% 307	5.6% 78	4.9% 1554
TOTAL	100.0% 8477	100.0% 3503	100.0% 4271	100.0% 7631	100.0% 6460	100.0% 1395	31737