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

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VCF0115

What is your main occupation? What are your most important activities or duties? (IF R IS RETIRED/UNEMPLOYED /DISABLED:) What kind of work did you do on your last regular job? What were your most important activities or duties? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)

	0) NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW
	1) Professional and managerial
	2) Clerical and sales workers
	3) Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers
	4) Laborers, except farm
	5) Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen
	6) Homemakers

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	1537	3.7%	3.7%	-1.6
Professional and managerial	9719	23.4%	27.1%	-1.05
Clerical and sales workers	7180	17.3%	44.4%	-.5
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	12708	30.6%	75%	.05
Laborers, except farm	1173	2.8%	77.8%	.6
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	1379	3.3%	81.1%	1.15
Homemakers	7842	18.9%	100%	1.7

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	3.8% 691	3.2% 746	3.5% 1437
Professional and managerial	30.1% 5536	18.1% 4183	23.5% 9719
Clerical and sales workers	11.8% 2162	21.7% 5018	17.3% 7180
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	42.7% 7846	21.1% 4862	30.7% 12708
Laborers, except farm	5.1% 938	1.0% 235	2.8% 1173
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	6.3% 1162	0.9% 217	3.3% 1379
Homemakers	0.2% 30	33.9% 7812	18.9% 7842
TOTAL	100.0% 18365	100.0% 23073	41438

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	3.0% 1013	5.5% 255	8.8% 30	3.5% 28	6.2% 86	3.4% 3	3.4% 1415
Professional and managerial	25.0% 8510	12.9% 595	46.0% 157	18.5% 148	16.9% 236	9.2% 8	23.4% 9654
Clerical and sales workers	17.7% 6037	14.5% 669	14.7% 50	15.4% 123	19.5% 273	2.3% 2	17.3% 7154
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	28.4% 9650	44.7% 2056	19.9% 68	42.7% 341	35.7% 499	39.1% 34	30.7% 12648
Laborers, except farm	2.3% 776	6.8% 315	1.8% 6	3.0% 24	3.1% 44	5.7% 5	2.8% 1170
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	3.2% 1104	3.8% 177	1.5% 5	2.9% 23	4.1% 57	6.9% 6	3.3% 1372
Homemakers	20.4% 6923	11.6% 534	7.3% 25	13.9% 111	14.5% 203	33.3% 29	19.0% 7825
TOTAL	100.0% 34013	100.0% 4601	100.0% 341	100.0% 798	100.0% 1398	100.0% 87	41238

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	15.3% 637	3.4% 309	1.6% 141	1.5% 101	1.6% 90	1.8% 130	3.4% 1408
Professional and managerial	12.0% 501	23.8% 2171	28.7% 2453	27.3% 1812	23.9% 1358	19.5% 1385	23.5% 9680
Clerical and sales workers	22.1% 922	17.7% 1610	17.7% 1516	17.2% 1143	15.4% 873	15.4% 1093	17.3% 7157
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	30.9% 1290	29.9% 2729	29.7% 2539	31.4% 2083	33.0% 1874	30.5% 2162	30.7% 12677
Laborers, except farm	4.3% 178	2.7% 249	2.7% 233	2.6% 176	3.0% 172	2.3% 163	2.8% 1171
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	1.9% 79	1.9% 173	2.4% 208	3.2% 212	4.3% 242	6.4% 455	3.3% 1369
Homemakers	13.6% 567	20.6% 1874	17.1% 1463	16.8% 1115	18.9% 1072	24.0% 1701	18.9% 7792
TOTAL	100.0% 4174	100.0% 9115	100.0% 8553	100.0% 6642	100.0% 5681	100.0% 7089	41254

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/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	2.0% 128	2.3% 447	7.2% 587	2.9% 208	3.3% 1370
Professional and managerial	5.3% 341	11.1% 2158	27.2% 2217	68.8% 4944	23.5% 9660
Clerical and sales workers	4.3% 275	19.3% 3742	26.6% 2166	13.0% 933	17.3% 7116
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	43.5% 2780	38.8% 7514	23.7% 1936	5.5% 392	30.7% 12622
Laborers, except farm	7.0% 447	3.1% 597	1.3% 106	0.3% 20	2.8% 1170
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	10.3% 655	2.8% 548	1.2% 95	1.0% 71	3.3% 1369
Homemakers	27.6% 1764	22.5% 4361	12.9% 1048	8.6% 621	19.0% 7794
TOTAL	100.0% 6390	100.0% 19367	100.0% 8155	100.0% 7189	41101

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
NA/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	3.0% 791	3.2% 306	3.6% 36	6.0% 228	3.3% 1361
Professional and managerial	21.8% 5791	24.0% 2317	44.0% 434	28.7% 1094	23.5% 9636
Clerical and sales workers	16.6% 4422	19.2% 1861	21.4% 211	16.9% 643	17.4% 7137
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	31.0% 8253	30.8% 2976	10.1% 100	33.7% 1285	30.7% 12614
Laborers, except farm	3.0% 797	2.3% 226	0.8% 8	3.5% 135	2.8% 1166
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	4.1% 1098	1.8% 172	0.1% 1	2.6% 98	3.3% 1369
Homemakers	20.5% 5445	18.7% 1813	20.0% 197	8.7% 332	19.0% 7787
TOTAL	100.0% 26597	100.0% 9671	100.0% 987	100.0% 3815	41070

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/Member of armed forces/No occupation and not a homemakers/No Pre IW	3.1% 262	3.9% 136	4.2% 179	3.6% 275	4.2% 272	6.1% 85	3.8% 1209
Professional and managerial	26.3% 2232	28.0% 982	24.0% 1026	23.8% 1819	25.0% 1618	27.7% 386	25.4% 8063
Clerical and sales workers	18.9% 1601	20.0% 699	19.5% 831	19.6% 1498	18.4% 1187	16.2% 226	19.0% 6042
Skilled, semi-skilled and service workers	27.3% 2317	27.9% 977	33.0% 1408	34.2% 2606	35.7% 2303	35.6% 497	31.8% 10108
Laborers, except farm	1.5% 124	1.7% 58	2.6% 112	2.7% 208	2.8% 181	3.7% 51	2.3% 734
Farmers, farm managers, farm laborers and foremen; forestry and fishermen	2.7% 227	3.0% 104	3.0% 130	2.5% 194	2.4% 155	2.5% 35	2.7% 845
Homemakers	20.2% 1714	15.6% 547	13.7% 585	13.5% 1031	11.5% 744	8.2% 115	14.9% 4736
TOTAL	100.0% 8477	100.0% 3503	100.0% 4271	100.0% 7631	100.0% 6460	100.0% 1395	31737