10.3886/ICPSR20862.v5 Fraga, Luis R. Garcia, John A. Hero, Rodney Jones-Correa, Michael Martinez-Ebers, Valerie Segura, Gary M. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2008 citizen participation citizenship community involvement congressional elections cultural diversity cultural identity cultural pluralism cultural traditions discrimination education educational opportunities ethnic groups ethnic identity ethnicity government performance government services Hispanic or Latino Americans Hispanic or Latino origins international relations media use minorities political behavior political ideologies political participation political parties political partisanship presidential elections public approval public opinion public policy public schools race race relations state elections 2008-05-27 2012-06-06 survey data 20862 5 The Latino National Survey (LNS) contains 8,634 completed interviews (unweighted) of self-identified Latino/Hispanic residents of the United States. Interviewing began on November 17, 2005, and continued through August 4, 2006. The survey instrument contained approximately 165 distinct items ranging from demographic descriptions to political attitudes and policy preferences, as well as a variety of social indicators and experiences. All interviewers were bilingual, English and Spanish. Respondents were greeted in both languages and were immediately offered the opportunity to interview in either language. Interviewers also provided a consent script that allowed respondents to opt out of the survey. Demographic variables include age, ancestry, birthplace, education level, ethnicity, marital status, military service, number of people in the household, number of children under the age of 18 living in the household, political party affiliation, political ideology, religiosity, religious preference, race, and sex.