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

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VCF0143 Were both your parents born in this country?   1) Yes   5) No   8) Don't know   9) NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	30877	80.5%	80.5%	-.47
No	6831	17.8%	98.4%	1.78
Don't know	142	.4%	98.7%	3.48
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	486	1.3%	100%	4.04

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	79.4% 13423	81.8% 17454	80.8% 30877
No	19.2% 3245	16.8% 3586	17.9% 6831
Don't know	0.4% 69	0.3% 73	0.4% 142
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.0% 171	1.0% 215	1.0% 386
TOTAL	100.0% 16908	100.0% 21328	38236

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes	81.2% 25390	93.0% 4012	17.4% 56	95.8% 726	42.7% 550	22.1% 19	80.8% 30753
No	17.5% 5464	5.6% 242	81.3% 261	3.4% 26	56.6% 729	70.9% 61	17.8% 6783
Don't know	0.4% 113	0.5% 22	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 141
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.0% 312	0.9% 37	1.2% 4	0.5% 4	0.3% 4	7.0% 6	1.0% 367
TOTAL	100.0% 31279	100.0% 4313	100.0% 321	100.0% 758	100.0% 1287	100.0% 86	38044

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Yes	88.1% 3501	87.4% 7360	84.4% 6486	78.5% 4741	74.9% 3939	70.9% 4743	80.8% 30770
No	10.8% 428	11.2% 947	14.4% 1108	20.4% 1231	23.7% 1247	27.4% 1833	17.8% 6794
Don't know	0.4% 17	0.4% 31	0.2% 18	0.3% 16	0.3% 18	0.6% 42	0.4% 142
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.8% 30	1.0% 82	1.0% 77	0.9% 53	1.0% 55	1.1% 74	1.0% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 3976	100.0% 8420	100.0% 7689	100.0% 6041	100.0% 5259	100.0% 6692	38077

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
Yes	72.1% 4093	82.6% 14812	83.4% 6364	81.1% 5421	80.9% 30690
No	25.9% 1468	16.2% 2913	15.3% 1171	18.2% 1214	17.8% 6766
Don't know	0.8% 46	0.4% 64	0.3% 24	0.1% 4	0.4% 138
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	1.2% 70	0.8% 144	0.9% 70	0.7% 45	0.9% 329
TOTAL	100.0% 5677	100.0% 17933	100.0% 7629	100.0% 6684	37923

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Yes	88.5% 21673	65.4% 5812	39.9% 359	78.7% 2821	81.0% 30665
No	10.2% 2490	33.8% 3006	59.2% 533	20.2% 725	17.8% 6754
Don't know	0.4% 108	0.1% 13	0.0% 0	0.5% 17	0.4% 138
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.9% 229	0.7% 59	0.9% 8	0.6% 23	0.8% 319
TOTAL	100.0% 24500	100.0% 8890	100.0% 900	100.0% 3586	37876

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
Yes	79.9% 6531	85.0% 2835	84.5% 3459	82.0% 6096	82.5% 4982	82.9% 1156	82.3% 25059
No	19.0% 1550	14.2% 473	14.4% 589	16.7% 1244	16.5% 995	15.6% 217	16.6% 5068
Don't know	0.3% 22	0.3% 11	0.3% 14	0.4% 27	0.5% 28	0.8% 11	0.4% 113
NA; no Pre IW; short-form "new" Cross Section (1992)	0.8% 68	0.5% 16	0.8% 31	0.9% 66	0.6% 34	0.8% 11	0.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 8171	100.0% 3335	100.0% 4093	100.0% 7433	100.0% 6039	100.0% 1395	30466