AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES TIME SERIES CUMULATIVE DATA FILE 1948-2016 Sep 10, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Note: sections in the codebook introduction and codebook appendix can be navigated in the machine-readable files by searching >> CUMULATIVE DATA FILE - GENERAL INTRODUCTION (this file) CUMULATIVE DATA FILE VARIABLE DOCUMENTATION (file anes_timeseries_cdf_codebook_var.txt) CUMULATIVE DATA FILE APPENDICES (file anes_timeseries_cdf_codebook_app.txt), containing: >> WEIGHTS IN THE 2012 RELEASE OF THE CUMULATIVE DATA FILE >> 1992 ERRORS IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS >> URBANISM NOTE >> ETHNICITY >> INCOME >> CENSUS OCCUPATION CODES I. 1980 CENSUS OCCUPATION CODES II. 1990 CENSUS OCCUPATION CODES >> CENSUS OCCUPATION 71 CATEGORIES >> WORK STATUS >> PRESTIGE SCORES I. DUNCAN S.E.I. AND NORC PRESTIGE SCALES 1976-1982 II. 1984 DUNCAN S.E.I. III. OCCUPATION S.E.S SCORES 1966-1974 >> RELIGION I. RELIGION 1960-1988,2002 II. RELIGION 1990-LATER, EXC.2002 III. 2002 RELIGION NOTE >> STATE AND COUNTRY CODES (ICPSR) >> COUNTY CODES I. 1956-1960 PSU-COUNTY CODES (VCF0170a) II. 1964-1976 SAMPLING-PSU COUNTY CODES (VCF0170b) III. 1968-1982 ICPSR COUNTY CODES (VCF0170c) IV. 1970,1978-1998 FIPS COUNTY CODES (VCF0170d) >> PRESIDENTIAL VOTE DECISION (VCF0712) >> MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM I. MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 1960-1972 II. MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 1974-LATER >> STATES AND PARTIES OF ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES >> 1952-1968 PARTY-CANDIDATE >> 1972-LATER PARTY-CANDIDATE >> CUMULATIVE DATA FILE - GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Cumulative Data File consists of variables derived from the 1948-2016 series of biennial ("time-series") SRC/CPS National Election Studies. [NOTE: No ANES study was conducted in 1950; 1954 was a minor study although its data are included here.] To produce this dataset, cross-section cases from the time-series election studies have been pooled; the total unweighted cross-section N is 46,226. (NOTE: non-cross-section cases from black supplements in 1964, 1968 and 1970 are not included in this file.) A variable in the dataset almost always represents a question which has been asked in three or more (time-series) studies. This dataset incorporates for specific questions data from all time-series studies in which the question was asked in comparable fashion. When using variables from this dataset, the analyst should keep the following in mind: 1) Question wording has varied over the years. Where there are differences in question wording, we have tried to reference them in the documentation; completeness of this effort, however, cannot be guaranteed. 2) Even if a question is worded identically in successive surveys, its placement in the survey instrument may be different, with unknown (and possibly large) effect. 3) Variables have been recoded to be consistent over time. Questions are not necessarily coded the same way in this dataset as they are in the election study datasets from which they came. THE SAMPLE SIZES FOR ALL YEARS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Cross-section * Weighted** Unweighted 1948: -- N=662 1952: -- N=1899 1954: -- N=1139 1956: -- N=1762 1958: N=1822 N=1450 1960: N=1954 N=1181 1962: -- N=1297 1964: -- N=1571 1966: -- N=1291 1968: -- N=1557 type 0* 1970: -- N=1507 type 1* 1970: N=835 N=758 type 2* 1970: N=817 N=749 1972: -- N=2705 1974: N=2523 N=1575 1976: N=2869.5 N=2248 1978: -- N=2304 1980: -- N=1614 1982: -- N=1418 1984: -- N=2257 1986: -- N=2176 1988: -- N=2040 1990: -- N=1980 1992: **** N=2485 1994: **** N=1795 1996: **** N=1714 1998: **** N=1281 2000: **** N=1807 2002: **** N=1511 2004: **** N=1212 2008: **** N=2322 2012: **** N=5914 ***** 2016: **** N=4270 ***** * 1970 numbers exclude 73 non-eligible Rs in the original dataset's cross-section N. The Cumulative File excludes all non-eligible respondents from its cross-section. For descriptions of type 0, type 1, and type 2 variables in 1970, see weight vars VCF0009- VCF0011. ** Weighted cross-section Ns are represented in the Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior, which was produced using data from The Cumulative File. To reproduce the data appearing in the GPOEB, it is necessary to use appropriate weights (see VCF0009- VCF0011). **** Combined sample (face-to-face and internet) NOTE: Weighting 1994 and later are post-stratified and centered to a mean of 1.