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General Social Survey, 1978

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RES16

Which of these categories comes closest to the type of place you were living in when you were sixteen years old?

	1) In open country but not on a farm
	2) On a farm
	3) In a small city or town (under 50,000)
	4) In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)
	5) In a suburb near a large city
	6) In a large city (over 250,000)
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
In open country but not on a farm	174	11.4%	11.4%	-1.49
On a farm	333	21.7%	33.1%	-.84
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	472	30.8%	63.9%	-.19
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	206	13.4%	77.3%	.46
In a suburb near a large city	130	8.5%	85.8%	1.11
In a large city (over 250,000)	215	14%	99.9%	1.76
Don't know	1	.1%	99.9%	3.06
No answer	1	.1%	100%	3.71

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
In open country but not on a farm	14.3% 64	14.8% 63	6.4% 20	6.6% 16	10.2% 10	11.3% 173
On a farm	10.3% 46	18.5% 79	26.2% 82	35.7% 86	40.8% 40	21.8% 333
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	28.0% 125	30.4% 130	34.5% 108	32.0% 77	30.6% 30	30.8% 470
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	17.0% 76	13.3% 57	14.1% 44	10.0% 24	2.0% 2	13.3% 203
In a suburb near a large city	15.2% 68	8.4% 36	4.2% 13	3.3% 8	5.1% 5	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	15.0% 67	14.5% 62	14.7% 46	12.4% 30	9.2% 9	14.0% 214
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	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
In open country but not on a farm	10.1% 65	12.3% 109	11.4% 174
On a farm	21.9% 141	21.6% 192	21.7% 333
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	33.9% 218	28.6% 254	30.8% 472
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	13.7% 88	13.3% 118	13.4% 206
In a suburb near a large city	7.2% 46	9.4% 84	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	13.1% 84	14.7% 131	14.0% 215
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
In open country but not on a farm	14.5% 68	10.8% 87	7.1% 3	7.3% 11	6.5% 4	11.3% 173
On a farm	37.2% 175	16.9% 136	11.9% 5	8.6% 13	4.8% 3	21.7% 332
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	25.3% 119	32.8% 264	31.0% 13	35.1% 53	35.5% 22	30.8% 471
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	7.7% 36	15.2% 122	19.0% 8	17.9% 27	21.0% 13	13.5% 206
In a suburb near a large city	4.3% 20	9.0% 72	14.3% 6	17.2% 26	9.7% 6	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	10.6% 50	15.3% 123	16.7% 7	13.9% 21	22.6% 14	14.1% 215
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
In open country but not on a farm	11.6% 157	8.9% 14	18.8% 3	11.4% 174
On a farm	21.7% 295	22.8% 36	12.5% 2	21.7% 333
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	31.7% 431	23.4% 37	25.0% 4	30.8% 472
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	13.1% 178	15.8% 25	18.8% 3	13.4% 206
In a suburb near a large city	9.1% 123	4.4% 7	0.0% 0	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	12.7% 172	24.7% 39	25.0% 4	14.0% 215
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
In open country but not on a farm	12.6% 123	7.0% 27	3.4% 1	16.0% 19	11.8% 2	11.3% 172
On a farm	28.5% 279	10.2% 39	0.0% 0	10.9% 13	5.9% 1	21.7% 332
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	31.9% 312	31.3% 120	13.8% 4	26.9% 32	17.6% 3	30.8% 471
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	10.6% 104	19.0% 73	17.2% 5	18.5% 22	11.8% 2	13.5% 206
In a suburb near a large city	6.4% 63	11.5% 44	17.2% 5	12.6% 15	17.6% 3	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	9.8% 96	21.1% 81	48.3% 14	15.1% 18	35.3% 6	14.1% 215
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
In open country but not on a farm	10.4% 63	11.9% 66	12.0% 43	0.0% 0	11.3% 172
On a farm	23.0% 139	16.8% 93	27.2% 97	20.0% 2	21.7% 331
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	29.9% 181	31.2% 173	32.2% 115	30.0% 3	30.9% 472
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	14.2% 86	14.4% 80	10.6% 38	10.0% 1	13.4% 205
In a suburb near a large city	5.8% 35	12.4% 69	7.0% 25	10.0% 1	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	16.4% 99	13.3% 74	10.9% 39	30.0% 3	14.1% 215
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
In open country but not on a farm	11.0% 37	8.6% 38	14.7% 74	9.9% 25	11.4% 174
On a farm	6.3% 21	24.6% 109	31.9% 160	17.1% 43	21.7% 333
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	30.1% 101	32.5% 144	28.9% 145	32.5% 82	30.8% 472
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	19.7% 66	11.3% 50	8.0% 40	19.8% 50	13.4% 206
In a suburb near a large city	11.9% 40	9.5% 42	4.8% 24	9.5% 24	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	20.9% 70	13.5% 60	11.6% 58	10.7% 27	14.0% 215
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
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
In open country but not on a farm	14.6% 35	12.9% 66	11.8% 42	7.1% 30	11.3% 173
On a farm	17.2% 41	17.2% 88	24.5% 87	27.3% 115	21.7% 331
In a small city or town (under 50,000)	28.5% 68	29.4% 150	31.8% 113	33.2% 140	30.8% 471
In a medium-size city (50,000--250,000)	14.6% 35	15.1% 77	11.0% 39	13.0% 55	13.5% 206
In a suburb near a large city	7.9% 19	9.8% 50	8.2% 29	7.6% 32	8.5% 130
In a large city (over 250,000)	17.2% 41	15.5% 79	12.4% 44	11.8% 50	14.0% 214
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527