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

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VCF0128A Is your religious preference PROTESTANT, ROMAN CATHOLIC, JEWISH, or something else? (IF PROTESTANT OR OTHER:) What church or denomination is that? (see ARDA summary page for previous question wordings)   1) Mainline Protestant   2) Evangelical Protestant   3) Catholic [Roman Catholic]   4) Jewish   5) Non-traditional orthodox   6) Non-Christian/Non-Jewish   7) Atheist, agnostic, none   9) Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mainline Protestant	8832	34.7%	34.7%	-.83
Evangelical Protestant	7599	29.9%	64.6%	-.24
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	5827	22.9%	87.5%	.35
Jewish	613	2.4%	89.9%	.94
Non-traditional orthodox	554	2.2%	92.1%	1.53
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	171	.7%	92.7%	2.12
Atheist, agnostic, none	1595	6.3%	99%	2.71
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	253	1%	100%	3.9

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mainline Protestant	33.4% 3694	35.8% 5138	34.7% 8832
Evangelical Protestant	28.2% 3126	31.1% 4473	29.9% 7599
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	23.0% 2544	22.8% 3283	22.9% 5827
Jewish	2.7% 294	2.2% 319	2.4% 613
Non-traditional orthodox	2.0% 219	2.3% 335	2.2% 554
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	0.8% 84	0.6% 87	0.7% 171
Atheist, agnostic, none	9.0% 999	4.1% 596	6.3% 1595
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.0% 114	1.0% 139	1.0% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 11074	100.0% 14370	25444

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Mainline Protestant	38.3% 8202	15.5% 426	9.5% 10	30.5% 124	7.8% 47	6.3% 5	34.7% 8814
Evangelical Protestant	25.1% 5379	69.7% 1915	17.1% 18	46.2% 188	12.6% 76	10.0% 8	29.9% 7584
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	23.6% 5059	6.9% 191	24.8% 26	10.1% 41	72.5% 436	68.8% 55	22.9% 5808
Jewish	2.8% 608	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 612
Non-traditional orthodox	2.5% 528	0.1% 2	2.9% 3	2.5% 10	1.0% 6	2.5% 2	2.2% 551
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	0.5% 102	1.2% 32	24.8% 26	1.0% 4	0.7% 4	2.5% 2	0.7% 170
Atheist, agnostic, none	6.3% 1344	5.5% 150	20.0% 21	9.1% 37	4.8% 29	10.0% 8	6.3% 1589
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.0% 213	1.2% 32	1.0% 1	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 249
TOTAL	100.0% 21435	100.0% 2749	100.0% 105	100.0% 407	100.0% 601	100.0% 80	25377

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Mainline Protestant	26.4% 754	29.1% 1651	34.5% 1671	37.0% 1478	39.3% 1414	42.1% 1833	34.8% 8801
Evangelical Protestant	31.1% 889	30.2% 1717	28.9% 1397	29.0% 1158	30.2% 1086	30.4% 1325	29.9% 7572
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	25.4% 725	25.8% 1463	23.6% 1140	23.3% 933	20.9% 752	18.2% 794	22.9% 5807
Jewish	1.3% 37	2.2% 123	2.7% 130	3.0% 118	2.4% 85	2.6% 112	2.4% 605
Non-traditional orthodox	1.9% 54	2.1% 121	2.2% 106	2.3% 92	2.2% 80	2.2% 96	2.2% 549
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	1.0% 29	1.0% 57	0.9% 43	0.6% 23	0.3% 10	0.2% 8	0.7% 170
Atheist, agnostic, none	12.3% 351	8.6% 489	6.4% 309	3.9% 155	3.7% 133	3.4% 150	6.3% 1587
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.7% 20	1.1% 60	0.9% 42	1.0% 39	0.9% 34	0.8% 36	0.9% 231
TOTAL	100.0% 2859	100.0% 5681	100.0% 4838	100.0% 3996	100.0% 3594	100.0% 4354	25322

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
Mainline Protestant	27.6% 1185	34.4% 4320	35.9% 1672	42.9% 1624	34.8% 8801
Evangelical Protestant	43.6% 1872	31.8% 3990	23.9% 1114	15.5% 585	29.9% 7561
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	21.2% 910	23.9% 3002	23.9% 1114	20.5% 775	22.9% 5801
Jewish	1.2% 51	1.5% 192	3.2% 148	5.8% 218	2.4% 609
Non-traditional orthodox	1.0% 44	1.9% 235	2.8% 132	3.7% 140	2.2% 551
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	0.4% 17	0.4% 54	0.9% 44	1.5% 55	0.7% 170
Atheist, agnostic, none	4.1% 174	5.3% 662	8.4% 391	9.4% 357	6.3% 1584
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.9% 38	0.7% 92	1.0% 47	0.8% 32	0.8% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 4291	100.0% 12547	100.0% 4662	100.0% 3786	25286

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Mainline Protestant	52.3% 8829	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	35.0% 8832
Evangelical Protestant	45.0% 7594	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5	30.1% 7599
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	0.0% 0	100.0% 5827	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.1% 5827
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 613	0.0% 0	2.4% 613
Non-traditional orthodox	2.6% 436	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.2% 118	2.2% 554
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.0% 170	0.7% 171
Atheist, agnostic, none	0.1% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	83.2% 1574	6.3% 1594
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 21	0.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 16883	100.0% 5827	100.0% 613	100.0% 1891	25214

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
Mainline Protestant	25.0% 1315	41.4% 874	35.9% 914	38.9% 2218	46.6% 1183	0.0% 0	33.2% 6504
Evangelical Protestant	36.7% 1934	32.7% 691	37.2% 948	30.3% 1729	27.1% 688	0.0% 0	30.6% 5990
Catholic [Roman Catholic]	33.9% 1783	22.1% 467	22.4% 572	23.5% 1340	17.5% 444	0.0% 0	23.5% 4606
Jewish	0.6% 29	1.1% 24	1.7% 44	4.4% 252	3.6% 92	0.0% 0	2.3% 441
Non-traditional orthodox	3.1% 163	2.5% 53	1.7% 44	2.0% 113	2.7% 68	0.0% 0	2.3% 441
Non-Christian/Non-Jewish	0.8% 40	0.1% 2	0.8% 21	0.7% 41	1.8% 46	0.0% 0	0.8% 150
Atheist, agnostic, none	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	0.1% 7	0.6% 15	100.0% 1395	7.3% 1422
Don't know; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW; no Post IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.0% 2	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 2	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 5267	100.0% 2112	100.0% 2548	100.0% 5702	100.0% 2540	100.0% 1395	19564