General Social Survey, 1993

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FEHELP Now I'm going to read several more statements. As I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. It is more important for a wife to help her husband's career than to have one herself.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	33	3.1%	3.1%	-1.82
Agree	214	19.8%	22.9%	-.96
Disagree	576	53.3%	76.2%	-.09
Strongly disagree	222	20.6%	96.8%	.77
Don't know	33	3.1%	99.8%	4.22
No answer	2	.2%	100%	5.08

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
Strongly agree	1.4% 3	2.2% 8	3.0% 7	4.0% 7	9.4% 8	3.1% 33
Agree	11.8% 25	11.9% 44	15.3% 36	40.2% 70	44.7% 38	19.8% 213
Disagree	56.1% 119	56.8% 210	60.6% 143	42.5% 74	32.9% 28	53.3% 574
Strongly disagree	29.2% 62	27.0% 100	19.1% 45	5.2% 9	7.1% 6	20.6% 222
Don't know	1.4% 3	1.9% 7	2.1% 5	7.5% 13	5.9% 5	3.1% 33
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 370	100.0% 236	100.0% 174	100.0% 85	1077

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
Strongly agree	2.7% 7	3.9% 5	0.8% 1	1.2% 1	1.1% 1	6.5% 4	4.5% 14	3.1% 33
Agree	15.9% 42	10.1% 13	20.3% 25	14.5% 12	12.5% 11	24.2% 15	29.4% 92	19.8% 210
Disagree	53.8% 142	55.0% 71	55.3% 68	47.0% 39	68.2% 60	45.2% 28	50.2% 157	53.2% 565
Strongly disagree	23.1% 61	29.5% 38	22.0% 27	36.1% 30	15.9% 14	17.7% 11	12.5% 39	20.7% 220
Don't know	4.2% 11	1.6% 2	1.6% 2	1.2% 1	2.3% 2	4.8% 3	3.5% 11	3.0% 32
No answer	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 264	100.0% 129	100.0% 123	100.0% 83	100.0% 88	100.0% 62	100.0% 313	1062

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.0% 8	2.6% 15	4.6% 3	2.4% 4	3.8% 3	3.1% 33
Agree	32.3% 64	19.4% 111	12.3% 8	13.3% 22	11.5% 9	19.8% 214
Disagree	49.5% 98	55.4% 317	49.2% 32	53.6% 89	50.0% 39	53.3% 575
Strongly disagree	7.6% 15	20.5% 117	32.3% 21	27.7% 46	29.5% 23	20.6% 222
Don't know	6.1% 12	2.1% 12	1.5% 1	2.4% 4	5.1% 4	3.1% 33
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 572	100.0% 65	100.0% 166	100.0% 78	1079

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 16	2.8% 17	3.1% 33
Agree	20.0% 96	19.6% 118	19.8% 214
Disagree	57.6% 276	49.9% 300	53.3% 576
Strongly disagree	15.4% 74	24.6% 148	20.6% 222
Don't know	3.5% 17	2.7% 16	3.1% 33
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 479	100.0% 601	1080

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 19	3.0% 7	4.3% 1	1.0% 1	21.7% 5	3.1% 33
Agree	22.4% 155	17.5% 41	13.0% 3	10.0% 10	13.0% 3	19.8% 212
Disagree	52.2% 362	55.6% 130	56.5% 13	54.0% 54	60.9% 14	53.4% 573
Strongly disagree	18.6% 129	22.6% 53	26.1% 6	32.0% 32	4.3% 1	20.6% 221
Don't know	3.8% 26	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	3.0% 3	0.0% 0	3.0% 32
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 234	100.0% 23	100.0% 100	100.0% 23	1073

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 5	2.2% 3	2.8% 11	1.1% 2	5.4% 9	3.4% 1	3.0% 31
Agree	15.3% 21	14.0% 19	19.3% 77	19.8% 35	22.0% 37	41.4% 12	19.2% 201
Disagree	46.0% 63	55.9% 76	56.0% 224	58.2% 103	51.8% 87	41.4% 12	54.0% 565
Strongly disagree	33.6% 46	27.9% 38	19.3% 77	18.1% 32	15.5% 26	3.4% 1	21.0% 220
Don't know	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 10	2.8% 5	5.4% 9	10.3% 3	2.8% 29
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% 137	100.0% 136	100.0% 400	100.0% 177	100.0% 168	100.0% 29	1047

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 24	2.6% 3	10.5% 6	3.1% 33
Agree	18.9% 172	23.5% 27	26.3% 15	19.8% 214
Disagree	54.3% 493	49.6% 57	45.6% 26	53.3% 576
Strongly disagree	20.8% 189	20.0% 23	17.5% 10	20.6% 222
Don't know	3.2% 29	3.5% 4	0.0% 0	3.1% 33
No answer	0.1% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 115	100.0% 57	1080