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Occupation of Respondent  1952-2004


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             Professional   15   **   16   18   16   **   19   **   20   21   20   22   21   25   25   25   24   26   26   24   28   26   29   29   32   **   30 
             White Collar   11   **   10   11   14   **   13   **   14   14   15   16   17   16   18   20   23   21   22   20   21   22   21   23   24   **   25 
              Blue Collar   20   **   25   30   32   **   30   **   31   31   32   34   34   35   35   33   34   35   34   37   34   36   37   32   31   **   31 
                Unskilled   11   **    6    3    2   **    2   **    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    2    3    3    3    2    3    2    2    3   **    3 
                  Farmers    7   **    6    5    6   **    5   **    4    4    3    3    3    2    2    3    4    3    3    4    4    2    2    1    2   **    2 
               Housewives   36   **   36   34   30   **   31   **   30   28   28   23   22   20   16   17   13   13   12   12   11   10    8   13    9   **    8
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                       N  1774      1747 1803 1913      1544      1500 1472 2608 2422 2757 2224 1534 1364 2187 2093 1971 1915 2369 1696 1640 1142 1716      1168  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1A.5
Source:  The American National Election Studies


       

     NOTE:  
     Retired persons have former occupation represented; in 1972-1976, if
     retirees are also working, and if current job is related to former
     occupation, then current job is represented.

     This question is variable VCF0115 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05