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General Social Survey, 1993

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CHLDDTH

Death of child or child's spouse

	0) No death reported
	1) Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years
	2) Died during four years prior to last year
	3) Died last year
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No death reported	692	90.3%	90.3%	-.22
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	44	5.7%	96.1%	.54
Died during four years prior to last year	10	1.3%	97.4%	1.29
Died last year	4	.5%	97.9%	2.04
No answer	16	2.1%	100%	6.55

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
No death reported	95.5% 63	95.8% 273	90.1% 182	81.8% 117	80.6% 54	90.3% 689
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	0.0% 0	2.8% 8	5.0% 10	9.8% 14	17.9% 12	5.8% 44
Died during four years prior to last year	1.5% 1	0.4% 1	2.5% 5	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 10
Died last year	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.4% 2	1.5% 1	0.5% 4
No answer	3.0% 2	1.1% 3	2.0% 4	4.9% 7	0.0% 0	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 285	100.0% 202	100.0% 143	100.0% 67	763

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
No death reported	92.0% 172	96.1% 74	92.2% 83	87.8% 43	96.4% 53	92.2% 47	86.9% 205	90.9% 677
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	3.7% 7	2.6% 2	6.7% 6	6.1% 3	1.8% 1	5.9% 3	8.5% 20	5.6% 42
Died during four years prior to last year	1.6% 3	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	4.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.2% 9
Died last year	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
No answer	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.8% 1	2.0% 1	3.8% 9	2.0% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 77	100.0% 90	100.0% 49	100.0% 55	100.0% 51	100.0% 236	745

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
No death reported	83.0% 127	91.6% 372	92.9% 39	97.2% 103	89.5% 51	90.6% 692
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	10.5% 16	4.9% 20	7.1% 3	2.8% 3	3.5% 2	5.8% 44
Died during four years prior to last year	3.3% 5	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	1.3% 10
Died last year	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
No answer	3.3% 5	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	1.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 406	100.0% 42	100.0% 106	100.0% 57	764

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No death reported	92.5% 273	89.0% 419	90.3% 692
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	4.4% 13	6.6% 31	5.7% 44
Died during four years prior to last year	1.4% 4	1.3% 6	1.3% 10
Died last year	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.5% 4
No answer	1.4% 4	2.5% 12	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 471	766

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
No death reported	89.6% 456	91.9% 148	93.3% 14	91.9% 57	100.0% 16	90.6% 691
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	6.7% 34	5.0% 8	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	5.8% 44
Died during four years prior to last year	1.0% 5	1.2% 2	6.7% 1	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 10
Died last year	0.4% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
No answer	2.4% 12	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 509	100.0% 161	100.0% 15	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	763

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
No death reported	93.3% 84	90.0% 81	88.7% 235	92.8% 129	92.2% 119	95.7% 22	91.0% 670
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	4.4% 4	3.3% 3	6.8% 18	5.8% 8	5.4% 7	4.3% 1	5.6% 41
Died during four years prior to last year	0.0% 0	3.3% 3	1.9% 5	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 10
Died last year	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
No answer	2.2% 2	2.2% 2	1.9% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 90	100.0% 265	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	100.0% 23	736

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
No death reported	90.8% 583	88.5% 77	86.5% 32	90.3% 692
Died after respondent sixteen years old and prior to last five years	5.6% 36	4.6% 4	10.8% 4	5.7% 44
Died during four years prior to last year	1.2% 8	1.1% 1	2.7% 1	1.3% 10
Died last year	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
No answer	1.7% 11	5.7% 5	0.0% 0	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 642	100.0% 87	100.0% 37	766