General Social Survey, 1991

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SPKATH There are always some people whose ideas are considered bad or dangerous by other people. For instance, somebody who is against all churches and religion . . . If such a person wanted to make a speech in your (city/town/community) against churches and religion, should he be allowed to speak, or not?   1) Yes, allowed to speak   2) Not allowed   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, allowed to speak	713	71.8%	71.8%	-.4
Not allowed	266	26.8%	98.6%	.68
Don't know	11	1.1%	99.7%	7.11
No answer	3	.3%	100%	8.19

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
Yes, allowed to speak	76.1% 162	81.8% 287	71.9% 128	60.1% 104	42.1% 32	71.9% 713
Not allowed	23.9% 51	17.1% 60	25.8% 46	38.7% 67	53.9% 41	26.7% 265
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	1.1% 2	1.2% 2	3.9% 3	1.1% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 351	100.0% 178	100.0% 173	100.0% 76	991

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
Yes, allowed to speak	80.9% 174	79.6% 109	73.3% 96	68.1% 113	61.4% 35	64.4% 172	71.8% 699
Not allowed	18.1% 39	19.0% 26	24.4% 32	31.9% 53	36.8% 21	34.1% 91	26.9% 262
Don't know	0.9% 2	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	1.5% 4	1.1% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 215	100.0% 137	100.0% 131	100.0% 166	100.0% 57	100.0% 267	973

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior College	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	46.2% 90	73.0% 402	80.5% 33	91.5% 129	96.6% 56	72.0% 710
Not allowed	49.7% 97	26.5% 146	19.5% 8	8.5% 12	1.7% 1	26.8% 264
Don't know	3.6% 7	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	1.1% 11
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 551	100.0% 41	100.0% 141	100.0% 58	986

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	78.8% 339	66.4% 374	71.8% 713
Not allowed	20.2% 87	31.8% 179	26.8% 266
Don't know	0.7% 3	1.4% 8	1.1% 11
No answer	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 430	100.0% 563	993

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	66.2% 423	78.1% 193	85.7% 18	94.3% 66	86.7% 13	71.9% 713
Not allowed	32.4% 207	21.1% 52	14.3% 3	4.3% 3	6.7% 1	26.8% 266
Don't know	1.1% 7	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	6.7% 1	1.1% 11
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 247	100.0% 21	100.0% 70	100.0% 15	992

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle or the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	77.1% 101	83.3% 115	66.2% 253	78.0% 110	71.1% 96	59.4% 38	71.9% 713
Not allowed	22.9% 30	16.7% 23	31.7% 121	21.3% 30	28.1% 38	37.5% 24	26.8% 266
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 7	0.7% 1	0.7% 1	3.1% 2	1.1% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 131	100.0% 138	100.0% 382	100.0% 141	100.0% 135	100.0% 64	991

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	73.6% 607	61.5% 80	68.4% 26	71.8% 713
Not allowed	25.1% 207	36.9% 48	28.9% 11	26.8% 266
Don't know	1.1% 9	0.8% 1	2.6% 1	1.1% 11
No answer	0.2% 2	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 825	100.0% 130	100.0% 38	993