Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing

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Q139 Changing the subject now, do you think it is a good idea or a bad idea to buy things with a credit card? (A49)   1) Good idea   5) Bad idea   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Good idea	166	47%	47%	-1.02
Bad idea	172	48.7%	95.8%	.79
Don't know	14	4%	99.7%	2.15
Refused	1	.3%	100%	2.6

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Good idea	47.9% 92	40.7% 11	41.3% 19	42.9% 6	51.4% 38	47.0% 166
Bad idea	48.4% 93	55.6% 15	52.2% 24	57.1% 8	43.2% 32	48.7% 172
Don't know	3.6% 7	3.7% 1	6.5% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 3	4.0% 14
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 27	100.0% 46	100.0% 14	100.0% 74	353

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Good idea	42.9% 39	42.8% 62	58.1% 43	51.2% 22	47.0% 166
Bad idea	53.8% 49	49.7% 72	41.9% 31	46.5% 20	48.7% 172
Don't know	3.3% 3	6.9% 10	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	4.0% 14
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 145	100.0% 74	100.0% 43	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Good idea	48.2% 67	46.3% 99	47.0% 166
Bad idea	46.8% 65	50.0% 107	48.7% 172
Don't know	4.3% 6	3.7% 8	4.0% 14
Refused	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 214	353

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	One year of college	Two years of college	Three years of college	Four years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
Good idea	35.3% 42	42.9% 18	41.7% 20	70.6% 12	57.1% 36	60.8% 31	46.8% 159
Bad idea	62.2% 74	52.4% 22	58.3% 28	23.5% 4	39.7% 25	29.4% 15	49.4% 168
Don't know	2.5% 3	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	3.2% 2	9.8% 5	3.5% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	100.0% 63	100.0% 51	340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Good idea	49.8% 129	35.5% 22	37.5% 6	46.6% 157
Bad idea	46.3% 120	62.9% 39	50.0% 8	49.6% 167
Don't know	3.9% 10	1.6% 1	6.3% 1	3.6% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Good idea	48.5% 79	47.3% 52	60.0% 6	41.1% 23	25.0% 2	46.7% 162
Bad idea	49.7% 81	47.3% 52	40.0% 4	50.0% 28	62.5% 5	49.0% 170
Don't know	1.8% 3	5.5% 6	0.0% 0	7.1% 4	12.5% 1	4.0% 14
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347