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

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VCF0146 Do you/ Does your family own your own home, pay rent or what?   1) Yes, own   2) No, not owned   8) Don't know   9) NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, own	25724	66.5%	66.5%	-.42
No, not owned	12365	32%	98.5%	.55
Don't know	3	0%	98.5%	6.35
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	564	1.5%	100%	7.32

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, own	68.1% 11598	65.7% 14126	66.7% 25724
No, not owned	30.8% 5240	33.1% 7125	32.1% 12365
Don't know	0.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.2% 199	1.2% 265	1.2% 464
TOTAL	100.0% 17040	100.0% 21516	38556

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes, own	70.5% 21997	44.7% 1960	63.2% 234	64.1% 528	56.2% 836	42.2% 35	66.7% 25590
No, not owned	28.3% 8844	53.6% 2352	35.7% 132	35.3% 291	43.5% 647	55.4% 46	32.1% 12312
Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.1% 353	1.7% 73	1.1% 4	0.6% 5	0.2% 3	2.4% 2	1.1% 440
TOTAL	100.0% 31196	100.0% 4385	100.0% 370	100.0% 824	100.0% 1487	100.0% 83	38345

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Yes, own	40.1% 1629	53.2% 4467	71.3% 5543	76.7% 4656	78.6% 4169	76.2% 5164	66.8% 25628
No, not owned	58.5% 2375	45.5% 3821	27.6% 2143	22.0% 1337	20.4% 1085	22.9% 1551	32.1% 12312
Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.4% 56	1.2% 103	1.1% 85	1.3% 77	1.0% 52	1.0% 66	1.1% 439
TOTAL	100.0% 4062	100.0% 8391	100.0% 7772	100.0% 6070	100.0% 5306	100.0% 6781	38382

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, own	65.6% 3332	65.8% 11631	65.3% 5322	71.8% 5261	66.8% 25546
No, not owned	33.1% 1681	33.1% 5852	33.7% 2749	27.3% 2001	32.1% 12283
Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.2% 62	1.1% 191	1.0% 80	0.9% 68	1.0% 401
TOTAL	100.0% 5077	100.0% 17675	100.0% 8151	100.0% 7330	38233

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Yes, own	68.2% 16554	69.2% 6336	59.1% 524	55.0% 2165	66.9% 25579
No, not owned	30.8% 7476	29.8% 2729	39.8% 353	43.9% 1725	32.1% 12283
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.0% 252	0.9% 83	1.0% 9	1.1% 42	1.0% 386
TOTAL	100.0% 24282	100.0% 9150	100.0% 886	100.0% 3933	38251

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, own	75.9% 6750	73.9% 2747	63.6% 2869	65.2% 5091	61.3% 4232	51.7% 721	67.4% 22410
No, not owned	23.1% 2051	25.0% 931	35.4% 1599	34.0% 2653	37.7% 2604	47.6% 664	31.6% 10502
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 3
NA; no Pre IW; short form (1992)	1.0% 90	1.0% 39	1.0% 43	0.9% 69	1.0% 69	0.6% 9	1.0% 319
TOTAL	100.0% 8891	100.0% 3717	100.0% 4512	100.0% 7813	100.0% 6906	100.0% 1395	33234