General Social Survey, 1993

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GARDEN Next I'd like to ask about some leisure or recreational activities that people do during their free time. As I read each activity, can you tell me if it is something you have done in the past twelve months? Grow vegetables, flowers, or shrubs in a garden   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	965	60.1%	60.1%	-.56
No	629	39.2%	99.3%	.68
Don't know	1	.1%	99.3%	8.08
No answer	11	.7%	100%	9.31

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	43.2% 130	62.2% 349	68.1% 243	64.3% 164	59.1% 75	60.0% 961
No	56.5% 170	37.4% 210	30.8% 110	34.5% 88	39.4% 50	39.2% 628
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	1.1% 4	1.2% 3	0.8% 1	0.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 561	100.0% 357	100.0% 255	100.0% 127	1601

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	53.2% 210	54.9% 106	59.7% 105	56.3% 63	66.4% 91	61.6% 61	67.8% 309	60.3% 945
No	46.1% 182	44.0% 85	40.3% 71	43.8% 49	33.6% 46	37.4% 37	31.6% 144	39.2% 614
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.7% 3	0.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 193	100.0% 176	100.0% 112	100.0% 137	100.0% 99	100.0% 456	1568

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Yes	53.4% 157	60.8% 511	58.8% 57	61.3% 155	71.2% 84	60.2% 964
No	45.9% 135	38.5% 323	41.2% 40	37.9% 96	28.8% 34	39.2% 628
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.7% 2	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 840	100.0% 97	100.0% 253	100.0% 118	1602

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	55.2% 378	63.7% 587	60.1% 965
No	44.2% 303	35.4% 326	39.2% 629
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.6% 4	0.8% 7	0.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 921	1606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	62.9% 645	59.3% 208	39.4% 13	50.7% 74	52.4% 22	60.2% 962
No	36.6% 375	40.2% 141	60.6% 20	49.3% 72	42.9% 18	39.2% 626
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.4% 4	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1025	100.0% 351	100.0% 33	100.0% 146	100.0% 42	1597

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	61.4% 129	57.1% 116	57.6% 331	64.8% 171	63.8% 162	66.7% 28	60.5% 937
No	37.1% 78	41.4% 84	42.4% 244	34.8% 92	35.4% 90	33.3% 14	38.9% 602
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.4% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 210	100.0% 203	100.0% 575	100.0% 264	100.0% 254	100.0% 42	1548

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	63.7% 858	38.5% 69	47.5% 38	60.1% 965
No	35.7% 481	59.8% 107	51.3% 41	39.2% 629
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.5% 7	1.7% 3	1.3% 1	0.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 179	100.0% 80	1606