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

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VCF0116 We'd like to know if you are working now, temporarily laid off, or are you unemployed, retired, permanently disabled, (a homemaker), (a student), or what? (STUDENT OR HOMEMAKER:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (RETIRED:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (DISABLED:) Are you doing any work for pay at the present time? (STUDENT OR HOMEMAKER:) About how many hours do you work on your job in the average week? (RETIRED OR DISABLED, AND R ANSWERED WORKING FOR PAY:) About how many hours do you work on your job in the average week? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   1) Working now   2) Temporarily laid off   4) Unemployed   5) Retired   6) Permanently disabled   7) Homemaker   8) Student   9) NA/Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Working now	19320	60.1%	60.1%	-.76
Temporarily laid off	366	1.1%	61.3%	-.37
Unemployed	1291	4%	65.3%	.43
Retired	4768	14.8%	80.1%	.82
Permanently disabled	912	2.8%	83%	1.22
Homemaker	4453	13.9%	96.8%	1.61
Student	814	2.5%	99.4%	2.01
NA/Don't know	198	.6%	100%	2.41

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Working now	72.7% 10313	50.2% 9007	60.1% 19320
Temporarily laid off	1.5% 212	0.9% 154	1.1% 366
Unemployed	3.5% 491	4.5% 800	4.0% 1291
Retired	16.2% 2291	13.8% 2477	14.8% 4768
Permanently disabled	2.8% 400	2.9% 512	2.8% 912
Homemaker	0.2% 22	24.7% 4431	13.9% 4453
Student	2.6% 362	2.5% 452	2.5% 814
NA/Don't know	0.7% 94	0.6% 104	0.6% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 14185	100.0% 17937	32122

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Working now	60.3% 15336	56.3% 2119	76.5% 283	62.3% 513	62.0% 922	72.7% 16	60.1% 19189
Temporarily laid off	0.9% 236	1.8% 69	1.1% 4	1.7% 14	2.8% 42	0.0% 0	1.1% 365
Unemployed	3.1% 784	9.1% 344	2.4% 9	5.9% 49	6.4% 95	0.0% 0	4.0% 1281
Retired	16.1% 4096	12.4% 467	5.4% 20	8.0% 66	6.1% 90	9.1% 2	14.9% 4741
Permanently disabled	2.2% 549	6.8% 257	0.5% 2	6.3% 52	3.2% 47	0.0% 0	2.8% 907
Homemaker	14.7% 3748	9.1% 341	7.0% 26	13.6% 112	14.0% 208	4.5% 1	13.9% 4436
Student	2.2% 569	3.5% 132	5.9% 22	1.8% 15	4.7% 70	4.5% 1	2.5% 809
NA/Don't know	0.5% 133	0.9% 32	1.1% 4	0.4% 3	0.9% 13	9.1% 2	0.6% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 25451	100.0% 3761	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 22	31915

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Working now	64.5% 2298	74.2% 5209	79.3% 5086	75.5% 3669	54.3% 2368	11.1% 643	60.2% 19273
Temporarily laid off	1.4% 49	1.8% 124	1.3% 83	1.2% 59	1.0% 43	0.1% 8	1.1% 366
Unemployed	8.6% 306	5.4% 377	4.5% 288	3.5% 168	2.7% 117	0.5% 31	4.0% 1287
Retired	0.1% 2	0.1% 4	0.3% 17	2.2% 108	18.6% 810	65.7% 3801	14.8% 4742
Permanently disabled	0.2% 8	0.8% 57	1.8% 116	4.2% 203	8.1% 352	3.0% 172	2.8% 908
Homemaker	9.7% 344	14.7% 1032	11.2% 716	12.2% 594	14.6% 635	19.1% 1105	13.8% 4426
Student	15.2% 541	2.7% 188	0.8% 52	0.5% 23	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	2.5% 810
NA/Don't know	0.4% 15	0.4% 25	0.9% 55	0.7% 33	0.6% 27	0.4% 26	0.6% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 3563	100.0% 7016	100.0% 6413	100.0% 4857	100.0% 4358	100.0% 5786	31993

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
Working now	28.7% 924	56.7% 8255	67.1% 4957	75.6% 5039	60.2% 19175
Temporarily laid off	1.1% 35	1.5% 225	0.9% 65	0.6% 39	1.1% 364
Unemployed	3.4% 110	5.3% 772	3.3% 247	2.3% 156	4.0% 1285
Retired	34.5% 1110	14.2% 2065	10.6% 780	11.3% 753	14.8% 4708
Permanently disabled	9.4% 303	3.1% 450	1.5% 111	0.6% 40	2.8% 904
Homemaker	22.7% 732	17.4% 2526	9.6% 713	6.8% 455	13.9% 4426
Student	0.0% 1	1.4% 204	6.4% 470	1.9% 128	2.5% 803
NA/Don't know	0.2% 7	0.4% 56	0.6% 46	0.8% 55	0.5% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 3222	100.0% 14553	100.0% 7389	100.0% 6665	31829

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Working now	58.0% 11440	62.0% 4832	61.5% 429	68.1% 2472	60.2% 19173
Temporarily laid off	1.1% 217	1.3% 100	0.3% 2	1.3% 46	1.1% 365
Unemployed	4.0% 781	3.7% 285	2.4% 17	5.5% 201	4.0% 1284
Retired	15.7% 3097	14.4% 1125	18.8% 131	10.5% 380	14.9% 4733
Permanently disabled	3.4% 663	1.8% 144	1.4% 10	2.4% 88	2.8% 905
Homemaker	15.3% 3029	13.6% 1061	11.2% 78	7.2% 261	13.9% 4429
Student	2.2% 425	2.5% 198	3.6% 25	4.3% 156	2.5% 804
NA/Don't know	0.4% 83	0.6% 43	0.9% 6	0.7% 27	0.5% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 19735	100.0% 7788	100.0% 698	100.0% 3631	31852

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
Working now	52.9% 4407	61.2% 2276	63.2% 2705	64.5% 4755	60.6% 4077	69.5% 921	60.3% 19141
Temporarily laid off	0.8% 65	0.9% 34	1.4% 58	1.2% 91	1.4% 97	1.5% 20	1.1% 365
Unemployed	2.5% 211	2.9% 109	4.6% 199	4.6% 341	4.9% 331	6.2% 82	4.0% 1273
Retired	20.2% 1679	14.6% 543	11.4% 486	11.7% 866	15.4% 1036	8.2% 109	14.9% 4719
Permanently disabled	2.5% 205	2.4% 90	3.4% 144	2.6% 190	3.6% 243	2.1% 28	2.8% 900
Homemaker	18.7% 1553	15.1% 561	12.4% 531	12.6% 933	10.6% 714	7.8% 104	13.8% 4396
Student	2.0% 165	2.3% 86	3.1% 133	2.5% 183	2.6% 178	4.5% 60	2.5% 805
NA/Don't know	0.5% 42	0.5% 18	0.6% 25	0.2% 18	0.8% 56	0.1% 1	0.5% 160
TOTAL	100.0% 8327	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4281	100.0% 7377	100.0% 6732	100.0% 1325	31759