General Social Survey, 1993

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CLASSICS 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, ... High schools and colleges make students spend too much time reading "classics" that have little relevance in today's world.   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	59	3.7%	3.7%	-1.25
Agree	483	30.1%	33.7%	-.69
Disagree	761	47.4%	81.1%	-.14
Strongly disagree	128	8%	89.1%	.41
Don't know	160	10%	99.1%	2.61
No answer	15	.9%	100%	3.16

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	5.6% 17	2.1% 12	3.9% 14	5.1% 13	2.4% 3	3.7% 59
Agree	33.9% 102	29.8% 167	24.9% 89	34.1% 87	29.9% 38	30.2% 483
Disagree	47.5% 143	53.1% 298	49.9% 178	36.9% 94	34.6% 44	47.3% 757
Strongly disagree	8.6% 26	7.0% 39	9.5% 34	8.2% 21	5.5% 7	7.9% 127
Don't know	4.0% 12	7.3% 41	10.1% 36	14.5% 37	26.8% 34	10.0% 160
No answer	0.3% 1	0.7% 4	1.7% 6	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
Strongly agree	2.8% 11	3.6% 7	2.3% 4	4.5% 5	4.4% 6	1.0% 1	5.5% 25	3.8% 59
Agree	31.6% 125	32.1% 62	35.2% 62	28.6% 32	35.0% 48	27.3% 27	25.9% 118	30.2% 474
Disagree	46.1% 182	50.3% 97	44.9% 79	54.5% 61	40.9% 56	49.5% 49	48.0% 219	47.4% 743
Strongly disagree	6.3% 25	6.7% 13	9.1% 16	7.1% 8	10.9% 15	13.1% 13	7.9% 36	8.0% 126
Don't know	12.7% 50	6.2% 12	7.4% 13	5.4% 6	8.8% 12	8.1% 8	11.8% 54	9.9% 155
No answer	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.9% 4	0.7% 11
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	5.8% 17	3.0% 25	7.2% 7	3.2% 8	1.7% 2	3.7% 59
Agree	40.1% 118	35.0% 294	27.8% 27	13.0% 33	9.3% 11	30.1% 483
Disagree	32.0% 94	46.5% 391	52.6% 51	62.5% 158	55.9% 66	47.4% 760
Strongly disagree	2.0% 6	5.1% 43	7.2% 7	16.2% 41	26.3% 31	8.0% 128
Don't know	18.0% 53	9.9% 83	5.2% 5	4.3% 11	5.9% 7	9.9% 159
No answer	2.0% 6	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.8% 1	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
Strongly agree	3.9% 27	3.5% 32	3.7% 59
Agree	32.1% 220	28.6% 263	30.1% 483
Disagree	46.0% 315	48.4% 446	47.4% 761
Strongly disagree	6.4% 44	9.1% 84	8.0% 128
Don't know	10.8% 74	9.3% 86	10.0% 160
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
Strongly agree	3.6% 37	3.7% 13	0.0% 0	4.1% 6	4.8% 2	3.6% 58
Agree	30.6% 314	29.6% 104	18.2% 6	31.5% 46	28.6% 12	30.2% 482
Disagree	46.1% 473	50.4% 177	66.7% 22	46.6% 68	42.9% 18	47.5% 758
Strongly disagree	7.8% 80	8.8% 31	6.1% 2	8.9% 13	4.8% 2	8.0% 128
Don't know	11.1% 114	6.8% 24	9.1% 3	8.9% 13	11.9% 5	10.0% 159
No answer	0.7% 7	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	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
Strongly agree	3.3% 7	2.5% 5	4.0% 23	4.5% 12	3.5% 9	2.4% 1	3.7% 57
Agree	25.2% 53	24.1% 49	37.6% 216	25.8% 68	28.0% 71	31.0% 13	30.4% 470
Disagree	51.9% 109	55.2% 112	42.6% 245	53.4% 141	49.2% 125	31.0% 13	48.1% 745
Strongly disagree	12.9% 27	11.8% 24	5.7% 33	6.8% 18	7.9% 20	11.9% 5	8.2% 127
Don't know	4.3% 9	5.9% 12	9.9% 57	9.1% 24	11.0% 28	23.8% 10	9.0% 140
No answer	2.4% 5	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
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	3.6% 48	3.9% 7	5.0% 4	3.7% 59
Agree	28.1% 378	45.8% 82	28.8% 23	30.1% 483
Disagree	48.8% 657	37.4% 67	46.3% 37	47.4% 761
Strongly disagree	8.8% 118	3.4% 6	5.0% 4	8.0% 128
Don't know	10.2% 137	6.7% 12	13.8% 11	10.0% 160
No answer	0.7% 9	2.8% 5	1.3% 1	0.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 179	100.0% 80	1606