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General Social Survey, 1978

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Would you say that you and your friends think about the following item very often, sometimes, or almost never: Women's rights

	1) Very often
	2) Sometimes
	3) Almost never
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	284	18.5%	18.5%	-1.36
Sometimes	743	48.5%	67%	-.21
Almost never	495	32.3%	99.3%	.94
Don't know	5	.3%	99.7%	6.71
No answer	5	.3%	100%	7.86

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Very often	18.8% 84	23.2% 99	18.8% 59	12.4% 30	12.2% 12	18.6% 284
Sometimes	53.6% 239	50.1% 214	51.1% 160	42.7% 103	25.5% 25	48.6% 741
Almost never	27.6% 123	26.5% 113	28.8% 90	44.8% 108	58.2% 57	32.2% 491
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 3	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very often	16.3% 105	20.1% 179	18.5% 284
Sometimes	46.5% 299	49.9% 444	48.5% 743
Almost never	36.7% 236	29.1% 259	32.3% 495
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
No answer	0.2% 1	0.4% 4	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Very often	11.9% 56	19.4% 156	23.8% 10	24.5% 37	40.3% 25	18.6% 284
Sometimes	38.5% 181	52.6% 423	38.1% 16	62.9% 95	45.2% 28	48.6% 743
Almost never	48.3% 227	27.9% 224	35.7% 15	12.6% 19	14.5% 9	32.3% 494
Don't know	0.9% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very often	18.4% 250	20.3% 32	12.5% 2	18.5% 284
Sometimes	49.0% 666	44.3% 70	43.8% 7	48.5% 743
Almost never	32.0% 435	33.5% 53	43.8% 7	32.3% 495
Don't know	0.2% 3	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.3% 4	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very often	16.3% 160	18.8% 72	27.6% 8	34.5% 41	11.8% 2	18.5% 283
Sometimes	48.8% 478	50.8% 195	44.8% 13	38.7% 46	58.8% 10	48.6% 742
Almost never	34.1% 334	30.2% 116	27.6% 8	26.9% 32	29.4% 5	32.4% 495
Don't know	0.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 979	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 119	100.0% 17	1528

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very often	20.2% 122	19.6% 109	14.6% 52	10.0% 1	18.6% 284
Sometimes	49.3% 298	48.1% 267	47.3% 169	80.0% 8	48.6% 742
Almost never	30.1% 182	31.7% 176	37.5% 134	10.0% 1	32.3% 493
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very often	20.0% 67	18.5% 82	14.9% 75	23.8% 60	18.5% 284
Sometimes	51.6% 173	47.4% 210	48.4% 243	46.4% 117	48.5% 743
Almost never	28.4% 95	33.9% 150	35.3% 177	29.0% 73	32.3% 495
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.4% 1	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 443	100.0% 502	100.0% 252	1532

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Very often	23.0% 55	20.2% 103	15.8% 56	16.4% 69	18.5% 283
Sometimes	41.4% 99	45.8% 234	53.2% 189	52.1% 220	48.6% 742
Almost never	35.6% 85	33.7% 172	29.9% 106	31.0% 131	32.4% 494
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527