General Social Survey, 1993

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LIBCOM Suppose an admitted Communist wrote a book which is in your public library. Somebody in your community suggests that the book should be removed from the library. Would you favor removing it, or not?   1) Favor   2) Not favor   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor	310	28.8%	28.8%	-.69
Not favor	713	66.3%	95.2%	0
Don't know	46	4.3%	99.4%	4.13
No answer	6	.6%	100%	4.82

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
Favor	24.8% 50	22.6% 83	26.8% 66	48.2% 80	32.6% 29	28.8% 308
Not favor	73.3% 148	73.4% 270	69.9% 172	43.4% 72	55.1% 49	66.4% 711
Don't know	2.0% 4	3.8% 14	2.4% 6	7.2% 12	11.2% 10	4.3% 46
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	1.2% 2	1.1% 1	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 368	100.0% 246	100.0% 166	100.0% 89	1071

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Two to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Favor	27.1% 69	20.6% 28	30.0% 33	22.7% 15	33.3% 34	31.9% 22	32.8% 101	28.9% 302
Not favor	69.4% 177	76.5% 104	65.5% 72	74.2% 49	62.7% 64	65.2% 45	59.4% 183	66.3% 694
Don't know	3.1% 8	2.2% 3	4.5% 5	3.0% 2	3.9% 4	2.9% 2	6.8% 21	4.3% 45
No answer	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 136	100.0% 110	100.0% 66	100.0% 102	100.0% 69	100.0% 308	1046

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Favor	49.0% 96	30.6% 172	25.8% 17	8.8% 15	11.5% 9	28.8% 309
Not favor	43.4% 85	64.8% 364	68.2% 45	88.8% 151	87.2% 68	66.5% 713
Don't know	6.1% 12	4.4% 25	6.1% 4	2.4% 4	0.0% 0	4.2% 45
No answer	1.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 562	100.0% 66	100.0% 170	100.0% 78	1072

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	27.8% 128	29.6% 182	28.8% 310
Not favor	67.6% 311	65.4% 402	66.3% 713
Don't know	4.1% 19	4.4% 27	4.3% 46
No answer	0.4% 2	0.7% 4	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 460	100.0% 615	1075

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Favor	32.1% 221	27.4% 65	13.0% 3	16.3% 15	14.3% 4	28.8% 308
Not favor	61.6% 424	70.5% 167	82.6% 19	81.5% 75	85.7% 24	66.4% 709
Don't know	5.7% 39	1.7% 4	4.3% 1	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.3% 46
No answer	0.6% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 237	100.0% 23	100.0% 92	100.0% 28	1068

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Favor	18.8% 27	17.3% 23	30.9% 121	26.8% 44	38.2% 66	46.2% 12	28.4% 293
Not favor	78.5% 113	79.7% 106	65.7% 257	70.7% 116	56.1% 97	46.2% 12	68.0% 701
Don't know	2.1% 3	3.0% 4	3.1% 12	2.4% 4	4.6% 8	7.7% 2	3.2% 33
No answer	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 133	100.0% 391	100.0% 164	100.0% 173	100.0% 26	1031

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Favor	26.8% 241	45.7% 58	22.4% 11	28.8% 310
Not favor	68.7% 618	48.0% 61	69.4% 34	66.3% 713
Don't know	4.0% 36	4.7% 6	8.2% 4	4.3% 46
No answer	0.4% 4	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 899	100.0% 127	100.0% 49	1075