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Race of Respondent 1948-2008
|
|
'48 |
'52 |
'54 |
'56 |
'58 |
'60 |
'62 |
'64 |
'66 |
'68 |
'70 |
'72 |
'74 |
'76 |
'78 |
'80 |
'82 |
'84 |
'86 |
'88 |
'90 |
'92 |
'94 |
'96 |
'98 |
'00 |
'02 |
'04 |
'08 |
|
White :
|
91 |
90 |
90 |
91 |
90 |
90 |
91 |
89 |
88 |
89 |
89 |
87 |
88 |
84 |
86 |
83 |
84 |
79 |
77 |
76 |
75 |
77 |
78 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
70 |
74 |
|
Black :
|
9 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
|
Asian :
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
Native American:
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
Hispanic :
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
|
Other :
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| N |
645 |
1795 |
1130 |
1762 |
1822 |
1954 |
1296 |
1571 |
1291 |
1557 |
1507 |
2704 |
2505 |
2846 |
2293 |
1612 |
1413 |
2248 |
2174 |
2033 |
1979 |
2460 |
1765 |
1708 |
1274 |
1767 |
1503 |
1204 |
2313 |
PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1A.3
Source: The American National Election Studies
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QUESTION TEXT:
SEE ANNOTATION DESCRIBING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN CODING BEGINNING 1972.
NOTE:
In all NES studies prior to 2002, race was identified by interviewer
observation (note: codes White/Black/Other were the only categories available
in earlier years; codes for Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American and
Hispanic were added later). Prior to 1972, the variable for interviewer
observation of race provided the only data about race of study respondents,
and that variable is represented in this Guide table for those years.
However, beginning in 1972, respondents have also been asked for ethnic
self-identification. A newer Cumulative Data File race variable used here
includes interviewer observation race data for years 1948-1970 but
reclassifies that coding of race for 1972-1998 respondents who were observed
as White or Other if their primary (first) mention for ethnic self-
identification was an Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, Hispanic or
Black mention. (These reclassifications of race from specific mentions for
ethnic/national self-identification are in conformity with available Census
definitions.)
For the 2000 study, although interviewer observation of race was obtained
for personal interviews, it was not utilized in the construction of the
newer Cumulative Data File race variable used in this table. 2000 respondents
had also been asked to self-identify their own racial group, followed by the
same ethnic self-identification asked since 1972. 2000 respondents with a
primary (first) mention for race which was not Black, Asian, Native American,
or Hispanic were reclassified for race from primary ethnic self-identification
in the same manner as for 1972-1998.
In 2002, the ethnicity question was not asked and this variable was coded
from the racial self-identification mentions. Since order of mentions
was not determined, combined mention of white and other racial group has
been recoded to the nonwhite racial group.
In the 2004 and 2008 studies, interviewer observation for race was not ;
obtained; respondent race has been identified from primary (first) mention
for race and from primary ethnic self-identification in the same manner
as in 2000.
This question is variable VCF0106A 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: 05AUG10)
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