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

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VCF0138D Number of children 14-17 years old in household   0) None   1) One   2) Two   3) Three   4) Four   9) NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
None	15605	71%	71%	-.51
One	1933	8.8%	79.7%	-.22
Two	475	2.2%	81.9%	.08
Three	58	.3%	82.2%	.37
Four	7	0%	82.2%	.66
Five	3914	17.8%	100%	2.13

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
None	71.2% 6966	70.8% 8639	71.0% 15605
One	8.2% 803	9.3% 1130	8.8% 1933
Two	2.0% 196	2.3% 279	2.2% 475
Three	0.3% 27	0.3% 31	0.3% 58
Four	0.0% 3	0.0% 4	0.0% 7
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	18.3% 1790	17.4% 2124	17.8% 3914
TOTAL	100.0% 9785	100.0% 12207	21992

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
None	72.1% 12325	68.8% 1868	63.9% 170	66.9% 401	65.2% 778	18.2% 4	71.0% 15546
One	8.1% 1393	11.5% 313	10.9% 29	10.9% 65	10.5% 125	0.0% 0	8.8% 1925
Two	2.0% 345	2.7% 72	1.9% 5	1.7% 10	3.4% 40	0.0% 0	2.2% 472
Three	0.2% 41	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.6% 7	0.0% 0	0.3% 58
Four	0.0% 2	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 6
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	17.5% 2991	16.7% 454	23.3% 62	20.0% 120	20.3% 242	81.8% 18	17.8% 3887
TOTAL	100.0% 17097	100.0% 2716	100.0% 266	100.0% 599	100.0% 1194	100.0% 22	21894

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
None	80.0% 1934	80.2% 3919	53.1% 2418	61.8% 1986	76.0% 2215	78.2% 3079	70.9% 15551
One	9.5% 230	4.2% 203	19.9% 905	13.7% 440	4.2% 121	0.8% 30	8.8% 1929
Two	1.7% 41	0.7% 33	6.1% 277	2.9% 94	0.6% 17	0.3% 12	2.2% 474
Three	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 36	0.4% 14	0.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.3% 58
Four	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 6
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	8.6% 207	15.0% 733	20.1% 914	21.2% 681	19.1% 555	20.7% 815	17.8% 3905
TOTAL	100.0% 2418	100.0% 4888	100.0% 4552	100.0% 3216	100.0% 2913	100.0% 3936	21923

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
None	79.3% 1464	71.3% 7050	69.8% 3687	68.3% 3247	70.9% 15448
One	7.1% 131	9.9% 980	9.1% 482	6.8% 323	8.8% 1916
Two	1.9% 35	2.5% 251	2.0% 104	1.7% 80	2.2% 470
Three	0.3% 5	0.3% 30	0.3% 14	0.2% 9	0.3% 58
Four	0.1% 2	0.0% 3	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 6
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	11.4% 210	15.9% 1577	18.9% 998	23.0% 1094	17.8% 3879
TOTAL	100.0% 1847	100.0% 9891	100.0% 5286	100.0% 4753	21777

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
None	71.0% 9442	70.4% 3778	73.7% 350	71.2% 1898	70.9% 15468
One	9.3% 1237	8.7% 467	6.9% 33	6.9% 185	8.8% 1922
Two	2.3% 301	2.5% 135	0.6% 3	1.2% 33	2.2% 472
Three	0.2% 28	0.5% 25	0.4% 2	0.1% 3	0.3% 58
Four	0.0% 4	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 6
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	17.2% 2290	17.9% 962	18.3% 87	20.5% 546	17.8% 3885
TOTAL	100.0% 13302	100.0% 5368	100.0% 475	100.0% 2666	21811

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
None	68.7% 3863	69.3% 1761	68.8% 2039	76.0% 3721	66.5% 3160	88.9% 879	70.9% 15423
One	9.5% 536	9.5% 242	9.5% 281	9.5% 465	6.5% 307	8.8% 87	8.8% 1918
Two	2.5% 140	2.4% 62	2.2% 65	2.2% 108	1.5% 73	2.1% 21	2.2% 469
Three	0.4% 24	0.2% 4	0.2% 7	0.3% 13	0.1% 7	0.2% 2	0.3% 57
Four	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 6
Five	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Six	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Seven	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Eight	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
NA; Panel (1992, 1996, 2002)	18.9% 1061	18.5% 471	19.2% 568	12.0% 586	25.3% 1203	0.0% 0	17.9% 3889
TOTAL	100.0% 5625	100.0% 2540	100.0% 2963	100.0% 4893	100.0% 4752	100.0% 989	21762