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

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VCF0128

Do you mostly attend a place of worship that is Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or what? (IF R DOESN'T ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES:) Regardless of whether you now attend any religious services do you ever think of yourself as part of a particular church or denomination? (IF YES:) Do you consider yourself Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or what? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)

	0) Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)
	1) Protestant
	2) Catholic [Roman Catholic]
	3) Jewish
	4) Other and none (also includes don't know preference)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	504	1.1%	1.1%	-1.67
Protestant	30620	64.5%	65.6%	-.58
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	10962	23.1%	88.7%	.51
Jewish	1171	2.5%	91.2%	1.59
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	4181	8.8%	100%	2.68

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.9% 192	0.8% 212	0.9% 404
Protestant	61.3% 12887	67.4% 17732	64.7% 30619
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	23.7% 4981	22.7% 5979	23.2% 10960
Jewish	2.6% 541	2.4% 630	2.5% 1171
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	11.5% 2417	6.7% 1764	8.8% 4181
TOTAL	100.0% 21018	100.0% 26317	47335

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.8% 313	1.0% 50	1.4% 5	0.2% 2	0.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.8% 380
Protestant	63.7% 24912	85.9% 4435	31.1% 115	74.5% 614	25.9% 385	27.0% 38	64.8% 30499
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	23.9% 9338	6.5% 338	27.3% 101	10.7% 88	64.3% 956	60.3% 85	23.2% 10906
Jewish	2.9% 1147	0.1% 5	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.5% 8	0.7% 1	2.5% 1164
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	8.7% 3405	6.5% 335	40.3% 149	14.2% 117	8.6% 128	12.1% 17	8.8% 4151
TOTAL	100.0% 39115	100.0% 5163	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 141	47100

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; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.6% 26	0.9% 92	0.8% 75	0.8% 60	0.8% 52	0.8% 65	0.8% 370
Protestant	58.0% 2649	61.0% 6253	63.5% 6272	65.7% 5148	69.1% 4517	70.4% 5658	64.7% 30497
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	25.4% 1159	25.2% 2580	24.0% 2375	22.8% 1789	21.4% 1396	20.2% 1623	23.2% 10922
Jewish	1.2% 53	2.1% 212	2.8% 275	2.9% 229	2.4% 159	2.9% 231	2.5% 1159
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	14.9% 683	10.8% 1109	9.0% 886	7.8% 614	6.3% 413	5.7% 457	8.8% 4162
TOTAL	100.0% 4570	100.0% 10246	100.0% 9883	100.0% 7840	100.0% 6537	100.0% 8034	47110

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; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.7% 54	0.6% 135	0.8% 76	0.8% 65	0.7% 330
Protestant	71.4% 5589	66.4% 14527	61.6% 5660	57.9% 4670	64.8% 30446
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	21.0% 1646	23.8% 5211	23.6% 2172	23.0% 1853	23.2% 10882
Jewish	1.7% 130	1.6% 349	2.7% 251	5.4% 432	2.5% 1162
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	5.2% 411	7.6% 1666	11.2% 1032	12.9% 1039	8.8% 4148
TOTAL	100.0% 7830	100.0% 21888	100.0% 9191	100.0% 8059	46968

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; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Protestant	100.0% 30620	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	65.2% 30620
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	0.0% 0	100.0% 10962	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.4% 10962
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1171	0.0% 0	2.5% 1171
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 4181	8.9% 4181
TOTAL	100.0% 30620	100.0% 10962	100.0% 1171	100.0% 4181	46934

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; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.1% 7	0.1% 3	0.2% 10	0.3% 23	0.5% 33	0.0% 0	0.2% 76
Protestant	65.6% 5832	73.1% 2718	71.7% 3237	68.7% 5367	51.0% 3522	0.0% 0	62.2% 20676
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	32.2% 2865	25.0% 928	24.6% 1108	24.7% 1930	17.5% 1210	0.0% 0	24.2% 8041
Jewish	0.6% 56	0.9% 33	2.0% 92	4.6% 363	2.7% 189	0.0% 0	2.2% 733
Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	1.5% 131	0.9% 35	1.4% 65	1.7% 130	28.3% 1952	100.0% 1395	11.2% 3708
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234