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

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VCF0351 Democratic Presidential candidate trait -- compassionate   1) Extremely well   2) Quite well   3) Not too well   4) Not well at all   8) Don't know   9) NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely well	1199	14.1%	14.1%	-.9
Quite well	4582	53.9%	68%	-.38
Not too well	1563	18.4%	86.4%	.14
Not well at all	299	3.5%	90%	.67
Don't know	791	9.3%	99.3%	2.76
NA	62	.7%	100%	3.28

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely well	12.3% 466	15.6% 733	14.1% 1199
Quite well	55.5% 2101	52.7% 2481	53.9% 4582
Not too well	19.8% 749	17.3% 814	18.4% 1563
Not well at all	3.9% 146	3.2% 153	3.5% 299
Don't know	7.7% 291	10.6% 500	9.3% 791
NA	0.9% 34	0.6% 28	0.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 3787	100.0% 4709	8496

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Extremely well	12.3% 796	23.3% 248	16.2% 16	15.7% 44	17.1% 89	0.00% 0	14.1% 1193
Quite well	54.1% 3505	54.4% 579	55.6% 55	49.6% 139	55.3% 287	0.00% 0	54.1% 4565
Not too well	20.1% 1305	10.1% 107	16.2% 16	18.2% 51	13.7% 71	0.00% 0	18.4% 1550
Not well at all	3.9% 253	0.9% 10	1.0% 1	7.5% 21	2.5% 13	0.00% 0	3.5% 298
Don't know	9.0% 586	10.2% 108	10.1% 10	7.5% 21	10.6% 55	0.00% 0	9.2% 780
NA	0.6% 38	1.1% 12	1.0% 1	1.4% 4	0.8% 4	0.00% 0	0.7% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 6483	100.0% 1064	100.0% 99	100.0% 280	100.0% 519	100.0% 0	8445

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Extremely well	12.2% 101	12.4% 246	12.8% 236	15.6% 186	15.9% 162	16.6% 265	14.1% 1196
Quite well	55.0% 457	58.5% 1162	56.6% 1044	52.9% 629	52.7% 538	46.2% 739	53.9% 4569
Not too well	22.1% 184	19.0% 377	19.3% 356	19.3% 230	16.3% 166	15.6% 250	18.5% 1563
Not well at all	3.4% 28	2.9% 58	4.2% 77	3.8% 45	3.0% 31	3.7% 59	3.5% 298
Don't know	7.2% 60	6.7% 134	6.3% 116	8.1% 96	11.1% 113	16.6% 266	9.3% 785
NA	0.1% 1	0.5% 9	0.9% 16	0.3% 4	1.0% 10	1.3% 20	0.7% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 831	100.0% 1986	100.0% 1845	100.0% 1190	100.0% 1020	100.0% 1599	8471

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
Extremely well	15.6% 110	13.9% 533	13.9% 284	14.1% 255	14.1% 1182
Quite well	43.1% 304	52.3% 2000	56.7% 1157	58.6% 1062	54.0% 4523
Not too well	12.0% 85	19.3% 738	18.8% 383	18.5% 335	18.4% 1541
Not well at all	2.1% 15	3.8% 147	3.8% 77	3.3% 60	3.6% 299
Don't know	23.8% 168	9.9% 380	6.4% 131	5.3% 96	9.3% 775
NA	3.4% 24	0.6% 23	0.3% 7	0.2% 3	0.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 3821	100.0% 2039	100.0% 1811	8377

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Extremely well	14.0% 725	15.1% 314	20.9% 34	11.7% 120	14.1% 1193
Quite well	52.4% 2715	55.7% 1154	62.0% 101	57.6% 592	54.0% 4562
Not too well	19.2% 993	17.6% 364	9.8% 16	17.4% 179	18.4% 1552
Not well at all	3.9% 204	2.7% 56	1.2% 2	3.5% 36	3.5% 298
Don't know	9.8% 505	8.2% 171	6.1% 10	9.2% 95	9.3% 781
NA	0.7% 37	0.7% 14	0.0% 0	0.6% 6	0.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 5179	100.0% 2073	100.0% 163	100.0% 1028	8443

Worship 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
Extremely well	14.3% 309	14.6% 138	16.8% 199	12.9% 245	14.1% 267	10.4% 36	14.2% 1194
Quite well	51.3% 1109	55.1% 521	55.8% 662	54.8% 1039	54.3% 1028	56.2% 194	54.0% 4553
Not too well	19.7% 425	18.2% 172	17.0% 202	19.4% 367	17.2% 325	16.5% 57	18.4% 1548
Not well at all	4.4% 94	3.5% 33	2.0% 24	3.4% 64	3.9% 74	2.6% 9	3.5% 298
Don't know	9.4% 204	8.2% 78	7.9% 94	8.8% 167	9.8% 185	13.9% 48	9.2% 776
NA	0.9% 19	0.4% 4	0.5% 6	0.7% 13	0.7% 14	0.3% 1	0.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 2160	100.0% 946	100.0% 1187	100.0% 1895	100.0% 1893	100.0% 345	8426