General Social Survey, 1993

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JUDGEART I'm going to read several statements. After I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. For example, ... Only a few people have the knowledge and ability to judge excellence in the arts.   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	87	5.4%	5.4%	-1.19
Agree	642	40%	45.4%	-.59
Disagree	614	38.2%	83.6%	.02
Strongly disagree	139	8.7%	92.3%	.62
Don't know	107	6.7%	98.9%	3.03
No answer	17	1.1%	100%	3.63

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	6.0% 18	4.1% 23	6.7% 24	6.3% 16	4.7% 6	5.4% 87
Agree	41.5% 125	35.1% 197	36.7% 131	49.0% 125	48.8% 62	40.0% 640
Disagree	42.5% 128	44.6% 250	37.5% 134	28.2% 72	22.0% 28	38.2% 612
Strongly disagree	6.3% 19	10.7% 60	12.0% 43	4.3% 11	3.9% 5	8.6% 138
Don't know	3.0% 9	5.2% 29	4.8% 17	11.0% 28	18.9% 24	6.7% 107
No answer	0.7% 2	0.4% 2	2.2% 8	1.2% 3	1.6% 2	1.1% 17
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
Strongly agree	4.3% 17	6.2% 12	5.7% 10	4.5% 5	8.0% 11	4.0% 4	6.1% 28	5.5% 87
Agree	40.8% 161	35.8% 69	40.9% 72	32.1% 36	40.1% 55	41.4% 41	42.8% 195	40.1% 629
Disagree	38.0% 150	41.5% 80	39.2% 69	42.9% 48	43.1% 59	40.4% 40	33.8% 154	38.3% 600
Strongly disagree	8.4% 33	9.8% 19	9.1% 16	14.3% 16	3.6% 5	8.1% 8	8.6% 39	8.7% 136
Don't know	8.1% 32	5.2% 10	4.5% 8	5.4% 6	4.4% 6	5.1% 5	7.9% 36	6.6% 103
No answer	0.5% 2	1.6% 3	0.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.7% 1	1.0% 1	0.9% 4	0.8% 13
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
Strongly agree	4.4% 13	5.7% 48	11.3% 11	2.8% 7	6.8% 8	5.4% 87
Agree	50.0% 147	41.4% 348	32.0% 31	33.6% 85	26.3% 31	40.1% 642
Disagree	23.8% 70	38.6% 324	43.3% 42	47.4% 120	48.3% 57	38.3% 613
Strongly disagree	3.4% 10	7.5% 63	11.3% 11	13.4% 34	17.8% 21	8.7% 139
Don't know	16.0% 47	6.1% 51	2.1% 2	2.0% 5	0.8% 1	6.6% 106
No answer	2.4% 7	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 840	100.0% 97	100.0% 253	100.0% 118	1602

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 39	5.2% 48	5.4% 87
Agree	41.6% 285	38.8% 357	40.0% 642
Disagree	36.2% 248	39.7% 366	38.2% 614
Strongly disagree	8.8% 60	8.6% 79	8.7% 139
Don't know	6.7% 46	6.6% 61	6.7% 107
No answer	1.0% 7	1.1% 10	1.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 921	1606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.2% 53	4.8% 17	6.1% 2	6.2% 9	11.9% 5	5.4% 86
Agree	42.3% 434	40.2% 141	36.4% 12	30.8% 45	21.4% 9	40.1% 641
Disagree	36.5% 374	39.3% 138	36.4% 12	45.9% 67	47.6% 20	38.3% 611
Strongly disagree	7.8% 80	10.0% 35	12.1% 4	11.6% 17	7.1% 3	8.7% 139
Don't know	7.2% 74	5.1% 18	9.1% 3	5.5% 8	7.1% 3	6.6% 106
No answer	1.0% 10	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.9% 14
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
Strongly agree	4.3% 9	3.0% 6	6.6% 38	4.9% 13	5.5% 14	9.5% 4	5.4% 84
Agree	39.5% 83	36.5% 74	42.6% 245	41.3% 109	41.7% 106	33.3% 14	40.8% 631
Disagree	37.1% 78	45.3% 92	38.4% 221	39.0% 103	33.1% 84	35.7% 15	38.3% 593
Strongly disagree	13.3% 28	10.3% 21	6.4% 37	9.1% 24	9.1% 23	9.5% 4	8.9% 137
Don't know	3.3% 7	4.4% 9	5.7% 33	4.9% 13	10.2% 26	11.9% 5	6.0% 93
No answer	2.4% 5	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 10
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
Strongly agree	5.6% 75	4.5% 8	5.0% 4	5.4% 87
Agree	39.0% 525	44.1% 79	47.5% 38	40.0% 642
Disagree	39.5% 532	32.4% 58	30.0% 24	38.2% 614
Strongly disagree	8.8% 118	8.9% 16	6.3% 5	8.7% 139
Don't know	6.3% 85	7.8% 14	10.0% 8	6.7% 107
No answer	0.9% 12	2.2% 4	1.3% 1	1.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 179	100.0% 80	1606