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

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VCF0632 Which part of the government on the list do you most often trust to do what's right: Congress, the Supreme Court, the President, or political parties?   0) NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)   1) Congress   2) Supreme Court   3) President   4) Political parties   9) DK; all; none

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)	2006	30.7%	30.7%	-.83
Congress	1110	17%	47.7%	-.44
Supreme Court	1524	23.3%	71.1%	-.04
President	1167	17.9%	89%	.35
Political parties	80	1.2%	90.2%	.75
DK; all; none	641	9.8%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)	31.5% 874	30.2% 1132	30.7% 2006
Congress	17.6% 489	16.5% 621	17.0% 1110
Supreme Court	25.5% 707	21.8% 817	23.3% 1524
President	16.7% 463	18.8% 704	17.9% 1167
Political parties	1.0% 27	1.4% 53	1.2% 80
DK; all; none	7.7% 214	11.4% 427	9.8% 641
TOTAL	100.0% 2774	100.0% 3754	6528

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)	30.4% 1706	35.2% 223	37.0% 10	24.2% 30	33.3% 33	0.00% 0	30.8% 2002
Congress	17.7% 991	12.3% 78	11.1% 3	15.3% 19	8.1% 8	0.00% 0	16.9% 1099
Supreme Court	23.3% 1306	25.3% 160	25.9% 7	17.7% 22	20.2% 20	0.00% 0	23.3% 1515
President	18.6% 1043	10.0% 63	18.5% 5	26.6% 33	19.2% 19	0.00% 0	17.9% 1163
Political parties	1.2% 66	1.7% 11	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.0% 1	0.00% 0	1.2% 80
DK; all; none	8.9% 502	15.5% 98	7.4% 2	14.5% 18	18.2% 18	0.00% 0	9.8% 638
TOTAL	100.0% 5614	100.0% 633	100.0% 27	100.0% 124	100.0% 99	100.0% 0	6497

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)	32.7% 275	30.5% 436	31.9% 322	32.4% 340	28.1% 275	29.2% 341	30.7% 1989
Congress	15.7% 132	15.0% 215	18.5% 187	17.4% 183	19.2% 188	16.8% 196	17.0% 1101
Supreme Court	28.6% 240	26.6% 380	24.1% 243	24.7% 259	21.8% 214	15.7% 183	23.5% 1519
President	14.8% 124	17.3% 247	16.5% 167	18.2% 191	18.4% 180	21.7% 254	18.0% 1163
Political parties	2.4% 20	1.4% 20	0.5% 5	0.8% 8	1.2% 12	1.2% 14	1.2% 79
DK; all; none	5.8% 49	9.2% 131	8.5% 86	6.5% 68	11.3% 111	15.5% 181	9.7% 626
TOTAL	100.0% 840	100.0% 1429	100.0% 1010	100.0% 1049	100.0% 980	100.0% 1169	6477

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; form I, III, IV (1972)	34.8% 424	31.0% 1010	27.1% 301	28.9% 262	30.7% 1997
Congress	16.0% 195	17.2% 559	19.9% 221	14.3% 130	17.0% 1105
Supreme Court	11.8% 144	21.9% 715	28.0% 311	38.1% 346	23.3% 1516
President	19.0% 232	19.3% 630	15.9% 176	13.5% 123	17.9% 1161
Political parties	1.0% 12	1.5% 49	1.5% 17	0.2% 2	1.2% 80
DK; all; none	17.4% 212	9.1% 296	7.5% 83	5.0% 45	9.8% 636
TOTAL	100.0% 1219	100.0% 3259	100.0% 1109	100.0% 908	6495

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
NA; no Post IW; form I, III, IV (1972)	30.3% 1338	30.9% 474	35.2% 51	31.2% 127	30.6% 1990
Congress	16.3% 717	19.4% 298	17.2% 25	16.0% 65	17.0% 1105
Supreme Court	22.8% 1004	22.7% 348	40.0% 58	27.5% 112	23.4% 1522
President	19.5% 861	16.8% 257	4.8% 7	9.6% 39	17.9% 1164
Political parties	1.2% 55	1.2% 19	0.7% 1	1.0% 4	1.2% 79
DK; all; none	9.8% 434	9.0% 138	2.1% 3	14.7% 60	9.8% 635
TOTAL	100.0% 4409	100.0% 1534	100.0% 145	100.0% 407	6495

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; form I, III, IV (1972)	28.1% 481	28.7% 226	29.3% 239	33.4% 641	32.6% 282	30.7% 103	30.6% 1972
Congress	19.2% 329	18.1% 143	16.7% 136	15.0% 289	16.9% 146	15.5% 52	17.0% 1095
Supreme Court	19.5% 334	22.3% 176	25.5% 208	26.3% 505	22.2% 192	29.8% 100	23.5% 1515
President	21.1% 362	19.7% 155	17.8% 145	17.0% 327	15.4% 133	8.9% 30	17.9% 1152
Political parties	1.3% 22	1.4% 11	1.2% 10	1.0% 20	1.5% 13	0.6% 2	1.2% 78
DK; all; none	10.8% 185	9.8% 77	9.6% 78	7.3% 140	11.3% 98	14.6% 49	9.7% 627
TOTAL	100.0% 1713	100.0% 788	100.0% 816	100.0% 1922	100.0% 864	100.0% 336	6439