General Social Survey, 1978

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DEGREE Highest educational degree earned by respondent   0) Less than high school   1) High school   2) Associate/Junior college   3) Bachelor's   4) Graduate   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less than high school	470	30.7%	30.7%	-.96
High school	804	52.5%	83.2%	-.05
Associate/Junior college	42	2.7%	85.9%	.86
Bachelor's	151	9.9%	95.8%	1.77
Graduate	62	4%	99.8%	2.68
Don't know	1	.1%	99.9%	6.33
No answer	2	.1%	100%	7.24

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Less than high school	18.2% 81	19.2% 82	35.1% 110	55.2% 133	63.3% 62	30.7% 468
High school	62.8% 280	60.2% 257	48.9% 153	37.3% 90	20.4% 20	52.5% 800
Associate/Junior college	3.1% 14	3.5% 15	3.2% 10	0.4% 1	2.0% 2	2.8% 42
Bachelor's	13.7% 61	10.1% 43	8.6% 27	4.6% 11	9.2% 9	9.9% 151
Graduate	2.2% 10	7.0% 30	3.8% 12	2.5% 6	4.1% 4	4.1% 62
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than high school	27.5% 177	33.0% 293	30.7% 470
High school	52.1% 335	52.8% 469	52.5% 804
Associate/Junior college	1.9% 12	3.4% 30	2.7% 42
Bachelor's	12.1% 78	8.2% 73	9.9% 151
Graduate	6.2% 40	2.5% 22	4.0% 62
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Less than high school	100.0% 470	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.7% 470
High school	0.0% 0	100.0% 804	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	52.6% 804
Associate/Junior college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 42	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 42
Bachelor's	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 151	0.0% 0	9.9% 151
Graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 62	4.1% 62
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Less than high school	29.3% 398	42.4% 67	31.3% 5	30.7% 470
High school	53.5% 726	46.2% 73	31.3% 5	52.5% 804
Associate/Junior college	2.5% 34	4.4% 7	6.3% 1	2.7% 42
Bachelor's	10.2% 139	5.7% 9	18.8% 3	9.9% 151
Graduate	4.3% 58	1.3% 2	12.5% 2	4.0% 62
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Less than high school	34.5% 338	26.6% 102	13.8% 4	21.0% 25	5.9% 1	30.8% 470
High school	50.9% 498	58.1% 223	41.4% 12	48.7% 58	64.7% 11	52.5% 802
Associate/Junior college	2.5% 24	2.6% 10	3.4% 1	5.0% 6	5.9% 1	2.7% 42
Bachelor's	8.6% 84	9.4% 36	24.1% 7	18.5% 22	11.8% 2	9.9% 151
Graduate	3.6% 35	3.4% 13	13.8% 4	6.7% 8	11.8% 2	4.1% 62
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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
Less than high school	35.9% 217	26.3% 146	29.7% 106	0.0% 0	30.7% 469
High school	50.7% 307	53.9% 299	53.2% 190	70.0% 7	52.6% 803
Associate/Junior college	2.0% 12	3.1% 17	3.6% 13	0.0% 0	2.8% 42
Bachelor's	8.1% 49	11.9% 66	9.5% 34	10.0% 1	9.8% 150
Graduate	3.1% 19	4.9% 27	3.9% 14	20.0% 2	4.1% 62
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Less than high school	26.0% 87	28.7% 127	39.0% 196	23.8% 60	30.7% 470
High school	54.0% 181	54.6% 242	47.8% 240	56.0% 141	52.5% 804
Associate/Junior college	3.3% 11	2.3% 10	2.6% 13	3.2% 8	2.7% 42
Bachelor's	9.9% 33	11.1% 49	7.6% 38	12.3% 31	9.9% 151
Graduate	6.6% 22	3.4% 15	2.8% 14	4.4% 11	4.0% 62
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.1% 2
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
Less than high school	33.9% 81	32.1% 164	26.8% 95	30.8% 130	30.8% 470
High school	47.7% 114	53.6% 274	55.2% 196	51.9% 219	52.6% 803
Associate/Junior college	3.3% 8	2.2% 11	3.4% 12	2.6% 11	2.8% 42
Bachelor's	9.2% 22	9.0% 46	9.9% 35	10.9% 46	9.8% 149
Graduate	5.9% 14	3.1% 16	4.5% 16	3.8% 16	4.1% 62
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527