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

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VCF0127 Do you or anyone else in this household belong to a labor union? (IF YES:) Who is it that belongs? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   0) Don't know; NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)   1) Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union   2) No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Don't know; NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	447	1%	1%	-3.91
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	10004	22.2%	23.2%	-1.69
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	34691	76.8%	100%	.54

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 (1992)	0.5% 104	1.0% 241	0.8% 345
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	25.1% 5021	19.9% 4982	22.2% 10003
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	74.3% 14843	79.2% 19848	77.0% 34691
TOTAL	100.0% 19968	100.0% 25071	45039

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Don't know; NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.7% 264	1.0% 48	0.6% 2	0.6% 5	0.4% 6	0.8% 1	0.7% 326
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	22.5% 8386	21.8% 1067	14.7% 50	18.3% 143	17.9% 252	40.5% 53	22.2% 9951
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	76.8% 28601	77.2% 3779	84.8% 289	81.1% 634	81.7% 1153	58.8% 77	77.1% 34533
TOTAL	100.0% 37251	100.0% 4894	100.0% 341	100.0% 782	100.0% 1411	100.0% 131	44810

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 (1992)	0.9% 38	0.5% 53	0.5% 47	0.7% 52	0.9% 55	0.9% 71	0.7% 316
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	20.8% 914	24.1% 2364	26.1% 2456	27.4% 2025	22.2% 1368	11.1% 847	22.3% 9974
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	78.3% 3435	75.4% 7396	73.4% 6916	71.9% 5322	76.9% 4737	88.0% 6725	77.0% 34531
TOTAL	100.0% 4387	100.0% 9813	100.0% 9419	100.0% 7399	100.0% 6160	100.0% 7643	44821

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 (1992)	1.1% 80	0.6% 129	0.4% 35	0.4% 29	0.6% 273
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	21.7% 1612	26.3% 5493	19.9% 1733	14.8% 1129	22.3% 9967
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	77.2% 5745	73.1% 15287	79.7% 6955	84.8% 6451	77.1% 34438
TOTAL	100.0% 7437	100.0% 20909	100.0% 8723	100.0% 7609	44678

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 (1992)	0.7% 190	0.5% 53	0.3% 3	0.5% 21	0.6% 267
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	20.3% 5912	28.6% 2998	21.5% 236	19.7% 786	22.2% 9932
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	79.0% 22993	70.9% 7417	78.3% 860	79.8% 3179	77.2% 34449
TOTAL	100.0% 29095	100.0% 10468	100.0% 1099	100.0% 3986	44648

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 (1992)	0.6% 51	0.7% 24	0.7% 29	0.4% 33	0.3% 22	0.6% 9	0.5% 168
Yes, someone (1948: head) in household belongs to a labor union	19.4% 1676	19.9% 715	19.6% 852	23.5% 1805	20.9% 1376	21.6% 301	20.9% 6725
No, no one in the household belongs to a labor union	80.0% 6923	79.5% 2859	79.8% 3475	76.0% 5831	78.7% 5175	77.8% 1085	78.6% 25348
TOTAL	100.0% 8650	100.0% 3598	100.0% 4356	100.0% 7669	100.0% 6573	100.0% 1395	32241