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

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VCF0961 Have you (or anyone in your family living here) ever contacted [retiring OR running U.S. House Representative] or anyone in his/her office?   0) No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)   1) Yes   5) No   9) DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	10	.1%	.1%	-2.73
Yes	1151	14.3%	14.4%	-2.13
No	6564	81.3%	95.7%	.24
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	349	4.3%	100%	2.61

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.1% 5	0.1% 5	0.1% 10
Yes	15.1% 536	13.6% 615	14.3% 1151
No	81.1% 2885	81.5% 3679	81.3% 6564
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	3.7% 133	4.8% 216	4.3% 349
TOTAL	100.0% 3559	100.0% 4515	8074

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.1% 9	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 10
Yes	15.3% 989	8.9% 90	12.8% 10	14.9% 27	9.5% 33	0.00% 0	14.3% 1149
No	80.2% 5169	87.1% 878	82.1% 64	82.9% 150	83.8% 290	0.00% 0	81.3% 6551
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	4.3% 278	4.0% 40	3.8% 3	2.2% 4	6.6% 23	0.00% 0	4.3% 348
TOTAL	100.0% 6445	100.0% 1008	100.0% 78	100.0% 181	100.0% 346	100.0% 0	8058

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.3% 3	0.2% 2	0.1% 2	0.1% 10
Yes	8.2% 88	11.9% 232	17.9% 281	18.0% 193	16.3% 169	13.7% 185	14.2% 1148
No	87.3% 938	83.8% 1630	78.8% 1239	77.8% 833	78.2% 813	81.1% 1099	81.3% 6552
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	4.5% 48	4.3% 83	3.2% 51	3.9% 42	5.4% 56	5.1% 69	4.3% 349
TOTAL	100.0% 1074	100.0% 1946	100.0% 1573	100.0% 1071	100.0% 1040	100.0% 1355	8059

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
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.1% 1	0.1% 5	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 9
Yes	8.0% 68	11.7% 471	15.8% 266	23.3% 334	14.2% 1139
No	85.9% 730	83.4% 3362	80.6% 1357	73.8% 1059	81.3% 6508
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	6.0% 51	4.8% 194	3.5% 59	2.9% 41	4.3% 345
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 4032	100.0% 1684	100.0% 1435	8001

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.1% 3	0.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 10
Yes	14.5% 726	14.4% 276	25.8% 48	10.6% 92	14.3% 1142
No	81.2% 4077	81.1% 1558	67.2% 125	85.6% 746	81.3% 6506
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	4.3% 215	4.2% 80	7.0% 13	3.8% 33	4.3% 341
TOTAL	100.0% 5021	100.0% 1920	100.0% 186	100.0% 872	7999

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
No recent incumbent (1990, NJ01: 10 cases)	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 9
Yes	17.4% 361	17.3% 155	12.4% 123	13.9% 286	11.6% 166	9.0% 47	14.3% 1138
No	78.4% 1624	78.8% 707	83.4% 827	81.0% 1668	84.6% 1207	86.0% 448	81.3% 6481
DK; NA; no Post IW; District of Columbia (1986)	4.0% 82	3.9% 35	4.2% 42	5.1% 105	3.4% 49	5.0% 26	4.3% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 2071	100.0% 897	100.0% 992	100.0% 2060	100.0% 1426	100.0% 521	7967