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

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VCF0629 Some people feel they can run their lives pretty much the way they want to; others feel the problems of life are sometimes too big for them. Which one are you most like?   0) NA; no Post IW   1) Problems of life too big   2) Can run own life   9) DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA; no Post IW	634	6.6%	6.6%	-1.24
Problems of life too big	2137	22.3%	28.9%	-.59
Can run own life	6446	67.2%	96.1%	.05
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	375	3.9%	100%	4.57

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW	6.9% 282	6.4% 352	6.6% 634
Problems of life too big	17.0% 698	26.2% 1439	22.3% 2137
Can run own life	72.6% 2980	63.2% 3466	67.2% 6446
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	3.5% 145	4.2% 230	3.9% 375
TOTAL	100.0% 4105	100.0% 5487	9592

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW	6.3% 525	8.4% 78	3.7% 1	9.7% 12	13.1% 13	4.8% 2	6.6% 631
Problems of life too big	19.9% 1656	44.2% 410	18.5% 5	21.8% 27	20.2% 20	31.0% 13	22.3% 2131
Can run own life	70.1% 5848	42.0% 389	77.8% 21	66.1% 82	60.6% 60	57.1% 24	67.2% 6424
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	3.8% 313	5.4% 50	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	6.1% 6	7.1% 3	3.9% 375
TOTAL	100.0% 8342	100.0% 927	100.0% 27	100.0% 124	100.0% 99	100.0% 42	9561

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW	5.1% 56	7.2% 147	6.5% 104	6.2% 101	6.2% 90	7.6% 129	6.6% 627
Problems of life too big	19.3% 212	16.6% 340	18.0% 289	22.3% 365	27.3% 396	30.6% 517	22.2% 2119
Can run own life	72.0% 792	74.2% 1520	71.3% 1143	68.0% 1113	61.0% 883	56.7% 958	67.3% 6409
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	3.6% 40	2.0% 41	4.2% 67	3.5% 58	5.5% 79	5.1% 87	3.9% 372
TOTAL	100.0% 1100	100.0% 2048	100.0% 1603	100.0% 1637	100.0% 1448	100.0% 1691	9527

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
NA; no Post IW	7.5% 145	6.4% 309	5.9% 90	6.1% 78	6.5% 622
Problems of life too big	36.9% 718	22.9% 1098	12.7% 194	8.9% 114	22.2% 2124
Can run own life	49.6% 966	67.3% 3223	77.8% 1186	82.1% 1055	67.4% 6430
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	6.0% 117	3.4% 161	3.6% 55	3.0% 38	3.9% 371
TOTAL	100.0% 1946	100.0% 4791	100.0% 1525	100.0% 1285	9547

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW	6.1% 402	7.0% 151	10.0% 23	7.1% 41	6.5% 617
Problems of life too big	23.7% 1555	20.6% 444	17.0% 39	15.9% 92	22.3% 2130
Can run own life	66.1% 4341	69.3% 1496	67.2% 154	74.2% 429	67.3% 6420
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	4.1% 272	3.2% 69	5.7% 13	2.8% 16	3.9% 370
TOTAL	100.0% 6570	100.0% 2160	100.0% 229	100.0% 578	9537

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
NA; no Post IW	4.2% 95	6.6% 52	5.5% 58	5.1% 121	5.4% 56	5.2% 21	5.1% 403
Problems of life too big	22.5% 513	21.3% 168	23.7% 248	23.1% 545	23.5% 244	16.3% 66	22.5% 1784
Can run own life	69.3% 1577	69.2% 545	67.3% 705	68.4% 1614	66.9% 694	75.9% 308	68.8% 5443
DK; pro-con; it depends; both; other; refused to choose	4.0% 92	2.9% 23	3.4% 36	3.3% 78	4.2% 44	2.7% 11	3.6% 284
TOTAL	100.0% 2277	100.0% 788	100.0% 1047	100.0% 2358	100.0% 1038	100.0% 406	7914