General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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I-GENDER Respondent's sex (for use with online analysis)   1) Male   2) Female

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Male	1569	44.1%	44.1%	-1.12
Female	1990	55.9%	100%	.89

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
Male	43.1% 248	44.7% 435	45.7% 461	46.0% 305	35.4% 108	44.1% 1557
Female	56.9% 328	55.3% 539	54.3% 548	54.0% 358	64.6% 197	55.9% 1970
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
Male	52.4% 387	47.9% 534	43.2% 234	36.4% 311	32.3% 96	44.0% 1562
Female	47.6% 352	52.1% 580	56.8% 308	63.6% 544	67.7% 201	56.0% 1985
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
Male	42.5% 205	43.7% 767	38.9% 118	48.5% 317	44.9% 162	44.1% 1569
Female	57.5% 277	56.3% 990	61.1% 185	51.5% 337	55.1% 199	55.9% 1988
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 1757	100.0% 303	100.0% 654	100.0% 361	3557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Male	100.0% 1569	0.0% 0	44.1% 1569
Female	0.0% 0	100.0% 1990	55.9% 1990
TOTAL	100.0% 1569	100.0% 1990	3559

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Male	44.8% 1240	38.1% 187	47.2% 142	44.1% 1569
Female	55.2% 1527	61.9% 304	52.8% 159	55.9% 1990
TOTAL	100.0% 2767	100.0% 491	100.0% 301	3559

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Male	37.5% 228	45.3% 356	44.3% 583	47.3% 401	44.1% 1568
Female	62.5% 380	54.7% 430	55.7% 734	52.7% 446	55.9% 1990
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 786	100.0% 1317	100.0% 847	3558

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Male	41.4% 753	41.5% 349	35.5% 22	59.6% 347	39.1% 95	44.1% 1566
Female	58.6% 1067	58.5% 492	64.5% 40	40.4% 235	60.9% 148	55.9% 1982
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
Male	43.3% 416	42.9% 564	47.0% 540	44.4% 1520
Female	56.7% 545	57.1% 751	53.0% 610	55.6% 1906
TOTAL	100.0% 961	100.0% 1315	100.0% 1150	3426