General Social Survey, 1993

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PERFORM 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? Take part in a music, dance, or theatrical performance   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	154	9.6%	9.6%	-1.28
No	1436	89.4%	99%	.04
Don't know	1	.1%	99.1%	7.94
No answer	15	.9%	100%	9.26

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	13.6% 41	10.9% 61	7.3% 26	7.1% 18	5.5% 7	9.6% 153
No	85.7% 258	88.4% 496	91.3% 326	91.8% 234	92.9% 118	89.4% 1432
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.7% 2	0.7% 4	1.4% 5	1.2% 3	0.8% 1	0.9% 15
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	6.3% 25	14.0% 27	6.8% 12	6.3% 7	7.3% 10	14.1% 14	12.1% 55	9.6% 150
No	92.7% 366	85.0% 164	92.6% 163	93.8% 105	92.0% 126	83.8% 83	87.3% 398	89.6% 1405
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	0.8% 3	1.0% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	2.0% 2	0.7% 3	0.8% 12
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	7.8% 23	8.8% 74	5.2% 5	12.6% 32	16.1% 19	9.6% 153
No	91.5% 269	90.0% 756	94.8% 92	86.6% 219	83.9% 99	89.6% 1435
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	1.1% 9	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 840	100.0% 97	100.0% 253	100.0% 118	1602

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	10.8% 74	8.7% 80	9.6% 154
No	88.5% 606	90.1% 830	89.4% 1436
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	0.7% 5	1.1% 10	0.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 921	1606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	8.7% 89	10.8% 38	12.1% 4	13.0% 19	7.1% 3	9.6% 153
No	90.4% 927	88.6% 311	87.9% 29	87.0% 127	88.1% 37	89.6% 1431
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.8% 8	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.8% 12
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	11.0% 23	13.8% 28	9.2% 53	7.6% 20	9.1% 23	11.9% 5	9.8% 152
No	87.6% 184	84.7% 172	90.3% 519	92.0% 243	89.8% 228	88.1% 37	89.3% 1383
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	0.5% 3	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 12
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	9.4% 127	10.6% 19	10.0% 8	9.6% 154
No	89.7% 1208	87.7% 157	88.8% 71	89.4% 1436
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.8% 11	1.7% 3	1.3% 1	0.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 179	100.0% 80	1606