General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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SPDEG IF FINISHED 9TH-12TH GRADE: Did your spouse ever get a high school diploma or a GED certificate?   0) Less than high school   1) High school   2) Junior college   3) Bachelor   4) Graduate   7) Inapplicable   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less than high school	189	5.3%	5.3%	-1.58
High school	880	24.7%	30%	-1.22
Junior college	130	3.7%	33.7%	-.87
Bachelor	340	9.6%	43.2%	-.51
Graduate	197	5.5%	48.8%	-.15
Inapplicable	1812	50.9%	99.7%	.93
Don't know	6	.2%	99.9%	1.28
No answer	5	.1%	100%	1.64

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Race Region Religion Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Less than high school	3.8% 22	5.7% 56	4.3% 43	6.3% 42	8.5% 26	5.4% 189
High school	14.1% 81	25.5% 248	29.3% 296	28.5% 189	19.3% 59	24.8% 873
Junior college	1.7% 10	4.3% 42	5.0% 50	3.5% 23	1.6% 5	3.7% 130
Bachelor	4.9% 28	14.2% 138	10.0% 101	8.1% 54	5.9% 18	9.6% 339
Graduate	1.4% 8	6.8% 66	6.0% 61	7.2% 48	3.9% 12	5.5% 195
Inapplicable	74.1% 427	43.3% 422	45.1% 455	45.7% 303	60.7% 185	50.8% 1792
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 974	100.0% 1009	100.0% 663	100.0% 305	3527

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Several times a year or less	1-3 times a month	Every week or nearly every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Less than high school	4.2% 31	4.2% 47	6.8% 37	6.0% 51	7.7% 23	5.3% 189
High school	21.0% 155	24.6% 274	22.7% 123	27.0% 231	32.7% 97	24.8% 880
Junior college	2.3% 17	2.7% 30	4.6% 25	5.3% 45	4.4% 13	3.7% 130
Bachelor	8.1% 60	8.3% 93	11.3% 61	11.8% 101	7.7% 23	9.5% 338
Graduate	3.5% 26	4.8% 54	5.0% 27	8.3% 71	6.1% 18	5.5% 196
Inapplicable	60.5% 447	55.0% 613	49.6% 269	41.3% 353	41.4% 123	50.9% 1805
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 739	100.0% 1114	100.0% 542	100.0% 855	100.0% 297	3547

Education (I-EDUC)

	Left high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor	Graduate	TOTAL
Less than high school	18.3% 88	5.2% 91	1.7% 5	0.6% 4	0.3% 1	5.3% 189
High school	16.4% 79	31.1% 546	29.7% 90	18.2% 119	12.5% 45	24.7% 879
Junior college	1.0% 5	3.6% 63	7.3% 22	4.9% 32	2.2% 8	3.7% 130
Bachelor	1.0% 5	4.6% 81	8.9% 27	25.5% 167	16.6% 60	9.6% 340
Graduate	0.4% 2	2.3% 40	3.3% 10	9.0% 59	23.8% 86	5.5% 197
Inapplicable	62.4% 301	53.0% 931	49.2% 149	41.1% 269	44.6% 161	50.9% 1811
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 1757	100.0% 303	100.0% 654	100.0% 361	3557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than high school	4.7% 73	5.8% 116	5.3% 189
High school	27.2% 427	22.8% 453	24.7% 880
Junior college	4.1% 65	3.3% 65	3.7% 130
Bachelor	9.9% 156	9.2% 184	9.6% 340
Graduate	5.3% 83	5.7% 114	5.5% 197
Inapplicable	48.5% 761	52.8% 1051	50.9% 1812
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.2% 3	0.2% 6
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 4	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1569	100.0% 1990	3559

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Less than high school	5.0% 138	4.5% 22	9.6% 29	5.3% 189
High school	26.9% 743	17.5% 86	16.9% 51	24.7% 880
Junior college	3.9% 107	3.9% 19	1.3% 4	3.7% 130
Bachelor	10.3% 284	4.1% 20	12.0% 36	9.6% 340
Graduate	6.1% 170	0.8% 4	7.6% 23	5.5% 197
Inapplicable	47.6% 1316	69.0% 339	52.2% 157	50.9% 1812
Don't know	0.1% 4	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 6
No answer	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2767	100.0% 491	100.0% 301	3559

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Less than high school	3.3% 20	4.5% 35	7.6% 100	4.0% 34	5.3% 189
High school	20.4% 124	26.7% 210	27.4% 361	21.8% 185	24.7% 880
Junior college	3.6% 22	3.7% 29	3.2% 42	4.4% 37	3.7% 130
Bachelor	10.9% 66	10.6% 83	8.7% 114	9.1% 77	9.6% 340
Graduate	7.4% 45	6.0% 47	4.6% 61	5.2% 44	5.5% 197
Inapplicable	53.3% 324	48.5% 381	48.3% 636	55.5% 470	50.9% 1811
Don't know	0.5% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
No answer	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 786	100.0% 1317	100.0% 847	3558

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Less than high school	5.1% 92	8.6% 72	1.6% 1	3.4% 20	1.6% 4	5.3% 189
High school	28.9% 526	22.4% 188	17.7% 11	16.0% 93	24.7% 60	24.7% 878
Junior college	3.6% 65	4.6% 39	0.0% 0	2.9% 17	3.7% 9	3.7% 130
Bachelor	8.4% 152	10.3% 87	9.7% 6	9.6% 56	14.0% 34	9.4% 335
Graduate	5.0% 91	5.5% 46	22.6% 14	5.3% 31	6.2% 15	5.6% 197
Inapplicable	48.8% 889	48.3% 406	48.4% 30	62.5% 364	49.0% 119	51.0% 1808
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 6
No answer	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1820	100.0% 841	100.0% 62	100.0% 582	100.0% 243	3548

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate	Conservative	TOTAL
Less than high school	3.6% 35	5.4% 71	6.0% 69	5.1% 175
High school	16.3% 157	26.8% 353	30.2% 347	25.0% 857
Junior college	2.3% 22	3.8% 50	4.6% 53	3.6% 125
Bachelor	9.9% 95	8.0% 105	12.2% 140	9.9% 340
Graduate	7.1% 68	4.4% 58	5.9% 68	5.7% 194
Inapplicable	60.5% 581	51.2% 673	41.1% 473	50.4% 1727
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 961	100.0% 1315	100.0% 1150	3426