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General Social Survey, 1993

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Consider a man who admits that he is a homosexual. Suppose this admitted homosexual wanted to make a speech in your community. Should he be allowed to speak, or not?

	1) Yes, allowed to speak
	2) Not allowed
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, allowed to speak	839	78%	78%	-.33
Not allowed	199	18.5%	96.6%	.44
Don't know	35	3.3%	99.8%	5.01
No answer	2	.2%	100%	5.78

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	86.1% 174	84.0% 309	82.9% 204	62.0% 103	51.7% 46	78.1% 836
Not allowed	13.9% 28	14.4% 53	13.8% 34	32.5% 54	32.6% 29	18.5% 198
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	2.8% 7	4.8% 8	15.7% 14	3.3% 35
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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
Yes, allowed to speak	81.2% 207	86.8% 118	77.3% 85	87.9% 58	81.4% 83	73.9% 51	69.2% 213	77.9% 815
Not allowed	16.1% 41	10.3% 14	20.0% 22	12.1% 8	14.7% 15	20.3% 14	26.3% 81	18.6% 195
Don't know	2.7% 7	2.9% 4	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	3.9% 4	5.8% 4	4.2% 13	3.3% 35
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
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
Yes, allowed to speak	53.1% 104	80.1% 450	89.4% 59	89.4% 152	94.9% 74	78.3% 839
Not allowed	38.3% 75	17.4% 98	10.6% 7	8.8% 15	2.6% 2	18.4% 197
Don't know	8.2% 16	2.5% 14	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	2.6% 2	3.3% 35
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 562	100.0% 66	100.0% 170	100.0% 78	1072

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	77.8% 358	78.2% 481	78.0% 839
Not allowed	20.2% 93	17.2% 106	18.5% 199
Don't know	1.7% 8	4.4% 27	3.3% 35
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 460	100.0% 615	1075

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes, allowed to speak	74.3% 511	82.3% 195	91.3% 21	92.4% 85	82.1% 23	78.2% 835
Not allowed	21.5% 148	15.6% 37	4.3% 1	6.5% 6	17.9% 5	18.4% 197
Don't know	4.1% 28	2.1% 5	4.3% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.3% 35
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, allowed to speak	86.1% 124	89.5% 119	78.3% 306	84.1% 138	69.4% 120	38.5% 10	79.2% 817
Not allowed	13.2% 19	8.3% 11	17.6% 69	15.2% 25	28.3% 49	57.7% 15	18.2% 188
Don't know	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	4.1% 16	0.6% 1	2.3% 4	3.8% 1	2.5% 26
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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
Yes, allowed to speak	78.5% 706	74.0% 94	79.6% 39	78.0% 839
Not allowed	18.5% 166	20.5% 26	14.3% 7	18.5% 199
Don't know	3.0% 27	3.9% 5	6.1% 3	3.3% 35
No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 899	100.0% 127	100.0% 49	1075