General Social Survey, 1993

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INCOM16 Thinking about the time when you were sixteen years old, compared with American families in general then, would you say your family income was--far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average? (PROBE: Just your best guess.)   1) Far below average   2) Below average   3) Average   4) Above average   5) Far above average   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Far below average	116	7.2%	7.2%	-1.83
Below average	393	24.5%	31.7%	-.85
Average	795	49.5%	81.2%	.14
Above average	252	15.7%	96.9%	1.12
Far above average	34	2.1%	99%	2.1
Don't know	12	.7%	99.8%	5.05
No answer	4	.2%	100%	6.04

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
Far below average	4.0% 12	5.3% 30	5.9% 21	16.5% 42	8.7% 11	7.2% 116
Below average	16.3% 49	24.8% 139	29.1% 104	25.9% 66	26.8% 34	24.5% 392
Average	56.8% 171	48.8% 274	47.3% 169	44.3% 113	51.2% 65	49.5% 792
Above average	20.3% 61	17.8% 100	14.3% 51	10.2% 26	10.2% 13	15.7% 251
Far above average	1.7% 5	2.5% 14	2.8% 10	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.1% 34
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.7% 4	0.3% 1	1.2% 3	2.4% 3	0.7% 12
No answer	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 4
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
Far below average	7.3% 29	7.8% 15	9.1% 16	2.7% 3	8.0% 11	4.0% 4	7.7% 35	7.2% 113
Below average	25.6% 101	22.3% 43	27.8% 49	18.8% 21	27.0% 37	19.2% 19	25.9% 118	24.7% 388
Average	48.1% 190	52.3% 101	43.2% 76	55.4% 62	47.4% 65	49.5% 49	50.4% 230	49.3% 773
Above average	15.9% 63	15.5% 30	17.6% 31	19.6% 22	14.6% 20	20.2% 20	13.2% 60	15.7% 246
Far above average	2.5% 10	1.6% 3	2.3% 4	0.9% 1	2.2% 3	6.1% 6	1.5% 7	2.2% 34
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.9% 4	0.7% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 3
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
Far below average	15.0% 44	6.4% 54	2.1% 2	3.6% 9	5.9% 7	7.2% 116
Below average	31.0% 91	25.8% 217	22.7% 22	17.4% 44	15.3% 18	24.5% 392
Average	46.6% 137	52.5% 441	51.5% 50	47.8% 121	38.1% 45	49.6% 794
Above average	2.7% 8	13.2% 111	23.7% 23	27.7% 70	33.1% 39	15.7% 251
Far above average	2.4% 7	1.4% 12	0.0% 0	2.8% 7	6.8% 8	2.1% 34
Don't know	2.4% 7	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.8% 1	0.7% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 840	100.0% 97	100.0% 253	100.0% 118	1602

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Far below average	6.9% 47	7.5% 69	7.2% 116
Below average	25.0% 171	24.1% 222	24.5% 393
Average	47.9% 328	50.7% 467	49.5% 795
Above average	17.1% 117	14.7% 135	15.7% 252
Far above average	2.5% 17	1.8% 17	2.1% 34
Don't know	0.7% 5	0.8% 7	0.7% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 921	1606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Far below average	7.6% 78	6.6% 23	3.0% 1	6.8% 10	9.5% 4	7.3% 116
Below average	26.0% 266	23.9% 84	12.1% 4	21.9% 32	9.5% 4	24.4% 390
Average	50.2% 515	49.6% 174	36.4% 12	47.3% 69	50.0% 21	49.5% 791
Above average	13.6% 139	16.8% 59	33.3% 11	21.9% 32	21.4% 9	15.7% 250
Far above average	1.7% 17	2.3% 8	9.1% 3	2.1% 3	7.1% 3	2.1% 34
Don't know	0.7% 7	0.6% 2	6.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.8% 12
No answer	0.3% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
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
Far below average	7.6% 16	7.4% 15	7.0% 40	6.4% 17	5.5% 14	7.1% 3	6.8% 105
Below average	18.6% 39	19.7% 40	27.8% 160	24.6% 65	26.0% 66	23.8% 10	24.5% 380
Average	50.5% 106	46.8% 95	51.0% 293	48.1% 127	49.6% 126	59.5% 25	49.9% 772
Above average	20.5% 43	22.2% 45	12.7% 73	18.6% 49	14.2% 36	4.8% 2	16.0% 248
Far above average	2.9% 6	3.4% 7	1.2% 7	1.5% 4	3.1% 8	4.8% 2	2.2% 34
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
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
Far below average	5.9% 80	12.3% 22	17.5% 14	7.2% 116
Below average	23.1% 311	36.9% 66	20.0% 16	24.5% 393
Average	51.1% 688	39.1% 70	46.3% 37	49.5% 795
Above average	17.1% 230	7.8% 14	10.0% 8	15.7% 252
Far above average	2.0% 27	2.2% 4	3.8% 3	2.1% 34
Don't know	0.6% 8	1.1% 2	2.5% 2	0.7% 12
No answer	0.2% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 179	100.0% 80	1606