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

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VCF0675 How much of the time do you think you can trust the media to report the news fairly? Just about always, most of the time, only some of the time, or almost never?   1) Just about always   2) Most of the time   3) Only some of the time   4) Almost never   5) None of the time [VOL]   8) DK   9) NA; no Post IW

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Just about always	281	4.7%	4.7%	-1.13
Most of the time	1874	31.2%	35.8%	-.64
Only some of the time	2719	45.2%	81%	-.14
Almost never	487	8.1%	89.1%	.35
None of the time [VOL]	50	.8%	90%	.84
DK	17	.3%	90.3%	2.32
NA; no Post IW	586	9.7%	100%	2.82

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Just about always	4.1% 111	5.1% 170	4.7% 281
Most of the time	31.4% 847	31.0% 1027	31.2% 1874
Only some of the time	43.8% 1181	46.4% 1538	45.2% 2719
Almost never	9.7% 262	6.8% 225	8.1% 487
None of the time [VOL]	1.1% 30	0.6% 20	0.8% 50
DK	0.3% 7	0.3% 10	0.3% 17
NA; no Post IW	9.7% 261	9.8% 325	9.7% 586
TOTAL	100.0% 2699	100.0% 3315	6014

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Just about always	4.1% 180	6.9% 53	2.3% 3	5.1% 11	7.8% 33	0.00% 0	4.7% 280
Most of the time	32.0% 1414	26.3% 202	37.1% 49	28.4% 61	31.6% 134	0.00% 0	31.3% 1860
Only some of the time	46.6% 2056	45.6% 350	38.6% 51	39.1% 84	36.1% 153	0.00% 0	45.3% 2694
Almost never	8.2% 364	6.1% 47	6.1% 8	12.6% 27	7.5% 32	0.00% 0	8.0% 478
None of the time [VOL]	0.9% 38	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	1.2% 5	0.00% 0	0.8% 49
DK	0.2% 8	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	1.2% 5	0.00% 0	0.3% 17
NA; no Post IW	8.0% 354	14.5% 111	15.9% 21	12.1% 26	14.6% 62	0.00% 0	9.6% 574
TOTAL	100.0% 4414	100.0% 767	100.0% 132	100.0% 215	100.0% 424	100.0% 0	5952

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Just about always	5.5% 30	5.0% 52	4.5% 62	4.1% 44	4.3% 37	5.2% 56	4.7% 281
Most of the time	29.1% 158	30.4% 319	31.0% 428	32.4% 349	31.5% 271	31.6% 342	31.2% 1867
Only some of the time	42.0% 228	44.6% 468	44.2% 609	45.3% 487	46.1% 396	47.6% 515	45.1% 2703
Almost never	8.1% 44	8.1% 85	8.4% 116	7.6% 82	9.7% 83	7.1% 77	8.1% 487
None of the time [VOL]	0.4% 2	0.6% 6	0.8% 11	0.9% 10	0.9% 8	1.0% 11	0.8% 48
DK	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.6% 7	0.3% 16
NA; no Post IW	14.7% 80	11.2% 117	10.9% 151	9.6% 103	7.1% 61	6.8% 73	9.8% 585
TOTAL	100.0% 543	100.0% 1049	100.0% 1379	100.0% 1076	100.0% 859	100.0% 1081	5987

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
Just about always	8.2% 19	6.0% 137	3.6% 63	3.6% 62	4.7% 281
Most of the time	26.6% 62	31.5% 713	29.7% 523	32.8% 571	31.2% 1869
Only some of the time	42.1% 98	42.6% 965	47.3% 832	47.0% 819	45.2% 2714
Almost never	9.0% 21	7.0% 158	9.3% 164	8.3% 144	8.1% 487
None of the time [VOL]	0.4% 1	1.1% 26	0.6% 11	0.6% 11	0.8% 49
DK	3.0% 7	0.3% 7	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.3% 16
NA; no Post IW	10.7% 25	11.4% 259	9.3% 164	7.7% 135	9.7% 583
TOTAL	100.0% 233	100.0% 2265	100.0% 1758	100.0% 1743	5999

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Just about always	4.6% 155	4.6% 72	7.9% 11	4.3% 39	4.7% 277
Most of the time	29.8% 994	34.3% 533	43.2% 60	29.7% 271	31.3% 1858
Only some of the time	46.1% 1538	44.8% 696	30.9% 43	45.2% 413	45.3% 2690
Almost never	8.5% 285	6.8% 106	5.8% 8	9.1% 83	8.1% 482
None of the time [VOL]	0.8% 27	0.6% 9	1.4% 2	1.2% 11	0.8% 49
DK	0.2% 8	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.3% 16
NA; no Post IW	9.9% 332	8.6% 133	10.8% 15	10.1% 92	9.6% 572
TOTAL	100.0% 3339	100.0% 1553	100.0% 139	100.0% 913	5944

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
Just about always	4.4% 67	3.4% 25	5.0% 44	4.9% 47	5.1% 96	0.00% 0	4.7% 279
Most of the time	29.6% 448	31.6% 230	30.9% 271	32.7% 317	31.8% 598	0.00% 0	31.2% 1864
Only some of the time	47.1% 712	46.9% 342	47.4% 416	42.9% 416	43.4% 816	0.00% 0	45.3% 2702
Almost never	9.9% 150	8.2% 60	5.9% 52	6.4% 62	8.4% 158	0.00% 0	8.1% 482
None of the time [VOL]	0.9% 13	0.8% 6	0.5% 4	0.4% 4	1.2% 23	0.00% 0	0.8% 50
DK	0.3% 4	0.3% 2	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.4% 7	0.00% 0	0.3% 16
NA; no Post IW	7.9% 119	8.8% 64	10.0% 88	12.6% 122	9.7% 183	0.00% 0	9.6% 576
TOTAL	100.0% 1513	100.0% 729	100.0% 877	100.0% 969	100.0% 1881	100.0% 0	5969