General Social Survey, 1991

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JUDGELUV There are many different ways of picturing God. We'd like to know the kinds of images you are most likely to associate with God. Where would you place your image of God on the scale for . . . (1) Judge; to (7) Lover?   1) Judge 1   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) 5   6) 6   7) Lover 7   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Judge 1	385	28.3%	28.3%	-1.06
2	140	10.3%	38.6%	-.69
3	116	8.5%	47.2%	-.33
4	320	23.5%	70.7%	.04
5	75	5.5%	76.2%	.4
6	55	4%	80.3%	.77
Lover 7	59	4.3%	84.6%	1.13
No answer	209	15.4%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Judge 1	25.4% 71	27.4% 135	33.2% 81	28.3% 67	28.6% 30	28.3% 384
2	12.5% 35	11.6% 57	7.8% 19	8.4% 20	8.6% 9	10.3% 140
3	9.3% 26	9.1% 45	10.2% 25	6.3% 15	4.8% 5	8.5% 116
4	28.0% 78	26.8% 132	19.7% 48	20.3% 48	13.3% 14	23.6% 320
5	7.9% 22	5.5% 27	4.1% 10	6.3% 15	1.0% 1	5.5% 75
6	5.0% 14	3.2% 16	3.7% 9	4.2% 10	5.7% 6	4.1% 55
Lover 7	2.2% 6	4.3% 21	7.4% 18	4.6% 11	2.9% 3	4.3% 59
No answer	9.7% 27	12.2% 60	13.9% 34	21.5% 51	35.2% 37	15.4% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 493	100.0% 244	100.0% 237	100.0% 105	1358

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Judge 1	22.3% 68	26.2% 48	28.9% 46	25.5% 60	31.0% 22	35.8% 137	28.5% 381
2	11.8% 36	10.9% 20	13.8% 22	11.5% 27	4.2% 3	7.6% 29	10.3% 137
3	9.5% 29	7.7% 14	11.9% 19	10.2% 24	12.7% 9	4.4% 17	8.4% 112
4	23.6% 72	29.5% 54	23.3% 37	23.8% 56	25.4% 18	20.6% 79	23.7% 316
5	5.2% 16	4.4% 8	6.3% 10	8.1% 19	4.2% 3	4.7% 18	5.5% 74
6	3.0% 9	4.4% 8	1.3% 2	4.3% 10	5.6% 4	5.5% 21	4.0% 54
Lover 7	3.9% 12	2.7% 5	3.8% 6	4.7% 11	4.2% 3	5.7% 22	4.4% 59
No answer	20.7% 63	14.2% 26	10.7% 17	11.9% 28	12.7% 9	15.7% 60	15.2% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 183	100.0% 159	100.0% 235	100.0% 71	100.0% 383	1336

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior College	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Judge 1	33.7% 92	29.2% 218	30.8% 20	20.7% 41	20.0% 14	28.5% 385
2	9.9% 27	9.1% 68	10.8% 7	14.1% 28	14.3% 10	10.3% 140
3	4.4% 12	9.1% 68	10.8% 7	9.6% 19	14.3% 10	8.6% 116
4	13.9% 38	25.4% 190	30.8% 20	27.8% 55	21.4% 15	23.5% 318
5	4.8% 13	5.0% 37	3.1% 2	9.1% 18	5.7% 4	5.5% 74
6	3.3% 9	3.7% 28	4.6% 3	5.6% 11	5.7% 4	4.1% 55
Lover 7	8.4% 23	4.1% 31	1.5% 1	1.5% 3	1.4% 1	4.4% 59
No answer	21.6% 59	14.3% 107	7.7% 5	11.6% 23	17.1% 12	15.2% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 747	100.0% 65	100.0% 198	100.0% 70	1353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Judge 1	23.5% 131	31.7% 254	28.3% 385
2	9.3% 52	11.0% 88	10.3% 140
3	11.1% 62	6.7% 54	8.5% 116
4	23.9% 133	23.3% 187	23.5% 320
5	7.2% 40	4.4% 35	5.5% 75
6	5.7% 32	2.9% 23	4.0% 55
Lover 7	3.9% 22	4.6% 37	4.3% 59
No answer	15.3% 85	15.5% 124	15.4% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 557	100.0% 802	1359

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Judge 1	32.2% 275	25.6% 92	13.3% 4	13.2% 12	8.3% 2	28.3% 385
2	9.8% 84	10.6% 38	13.3% 4	13.2% 12	8.3% 2	10.3% 140
3	8.4% 72	8.9% 32	10.0% 3	6.6% 6	12.5% 3	8.5% 116
4	22.2% 190	25.3% 91	30.0% 9	25.3% 23	29.2% 7	23.5% 320
5	4.4% 38	7.2% 26	16.7% 5	5.5% 5	4.2% 1	5.5% 75
6	3.6% 31	5.3% 19	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	12.5% 3	4.0% 55
Lover 7	4.8% 41	3.9% 14	0.0% 0	4.4% 4	0.0% 0	4.3% 59
No answer	14.5% 124	13.1% 47	16.7% 5	29.7% 27	25.0% 6	15.4% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 855	100.0% 359	100.0% 30	100.0% 91	100.0% 24	1359

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle or the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Judge 1	27.8% 49	21.9% 42	27.5% 145	26.0% 50	33.5% 63	44.4% 36	28.4% 385
2	12.5% 22	14.1% 27	10.6% 56	7.8% 15	8.5% 16	4.9% 4	10.3% 140
3	10.2% 18	12.0% 23	8.2% 43	9.4% 18	6.9% 13	1.2% 1	8.6% 116
4	21.6% 38	24.0% 46	25.8% 136	24.5% 47	21.8% 41	14.8% 12	23.6% 320
5	5.1% 9	8.3% 16	4.4% 23	7.3% 14	5.3% 10	3.7% 3	5.5% 75
6	3.4% 6	2.1% 4	5.1% 27	5.7% 11	1.6% 3	3.7% 3	4.0% 54
Lover 7	2.8% 5	2.1% 4	4.2% 22	4.7% 9	6.9% 13	7.4% 6	4.4% 59
No answer	16.5% 29	15.6% 30	14.2% 75	14.6% 28	15.4% 29	19.8% 16	15.3% 207
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 192	100.0% 527	100.0% 192	100.0% 188	100.0% 81	1356

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Judge 1	27.1% 312	35.1% 59	34.1% 14	28.3% 385
2	10.3% 119	10.7% 18	7.3% 3	10.3% 140
3	8.8% 101	6.0% 10	12.2% 5	8.5% 116
4	24.6% 283	18.5% 31	14.6% 6	23.5% 320
5	5.5% 63	6.0% 10	4.9% 2	5.5% 75
6	3.9% 45	3.6% 6	9.8% 4	4.0% 55
Lover 7	4.3% 50	4.2% 7	4.9% 2	4.3% 59
No answer	15.4% 177	16.1% 27	12.2% 5	15.4% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 168	100.0% 41	1359