General Social Survey, 1993

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COMTYPE Would you describe the place where you live as: 1) A big city; 2) The suburbs or outskirts of a big city; 3) A small city or town; 4) A country village; 5) A farm or home in the country?   1) A big city   2) The suburbs or outskirts of a big city   3) A small city or town   4) A country village   5) A farm or home in the country   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A big city	266	17.1%	17.1%	-1.21
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	406	26.1%	43.2%	-.55
A small city or town	590	37.9%	81.1%	.11
A country village	66	4.2%	85.3%	.77
A farm or home in the country	192	12.3%	97.6%	1.43
Don't know	1	.1%	97.7%	3.41
No answer	36	2.3%	100%	4.07

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
A big city	14.8% 43	18.6% 102	17.6% 61	15.3% 38	16.0% 19	16.9% 263
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	24.7% 72	30.6% 168	27.7% 96	20.6% 51	16.0% 19	26.1% 406
A small city or town	43.0% 125	33.0% 181	37.6% 130	39.1% 97	47.1% 56	37.9% 589
A country village	5.5% 16	2.9% 16	2.9% 10	6.5% 16	6.7% 8	4.2% 66
A farm or home in the country	10.7% 31	12.9% 71	11.8% 41	14.9% 37	10.1% 12	12.4% 192
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.4% 4	1.8% 10	2.3% 8	3.6% 9	4.2% 5	2.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 549	100.0% 346	100.0% 248	100.0% 119	1553

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
A big city	13.0% 50	18.4% 34	21.2% 36	19.1% 21	15.7% 21	17.7% 17	18.5% 82	17.1% 261
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	26.4% 102	29.2% 54	30.0% 51	26.4% 29	20.1% 27	20.8% 20	26.0% 115	26.1% 398
A small city or town	39.1% 151	33.0% 61	33.5% 57	37.3% 41	44.8% 60	44.8% 43	36.6% 162	37.7% 575
A country village	4.9% 19	4.9% 9	4.1% 7	4.5% 5	2.2% 3	4.2% 4	4.3% 19	4.3% 66
A farm or home in the country	13.0% 50	11.4% 21	10.0% 17	10.9% 12	13.4% 18	11.5% 11	13.1% 58	12.3% 187
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.6% 14	3.2% 6	1.2% 2	0.9% 1	3.7% 5	1.0% 1	1.6% 7	2.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 386	100.0% 185	100.0% 170	100.0% 110	100.0% 134	100.0% 96	100.0% 443	1524

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
A big city	14.5% 41	17.8% 145	11.7% 11	19.7% 49	16.7% 19	17.1% 265
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	10.2% 29	25.3% 206	25.5% 24	38.2% 95	45.6% 52	26.1% 406
A small city or town	41.0% 116	38.8% 316	43.6% 41	32.9% 82	29.8% 34	37.9% 589
A country village	7.8% 22	4.4% 36	4.3% 4	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	4.2% 66
A farm or home in the country	21.9% 62	12.0% 98	9.6% 9	6.0% 15	7.0% 8	12.4% 192
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	4.6% 13	1.5% 12	5.3% 5	1.6% 4	0.9% 1	2.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 283	100.0% 814	100.0% 94	100.0% 249	100.0% 114	1554

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A big city	14.3% 95	19.1% 171	17.1% 266
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	28.8% 191	24.0% 215	26.1% 406
A small city or town	32.6% 216	41.8% 374	37.9% 590
A country village	6.6% 44	2.5% 22	4.2% 66
A farm or home in the country	14.9% 99	10.4% 93	12.3% 192
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	2.7% 18	2.0% 18	2.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 663	100.0% 894	1557

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
A big city	14.7% 146	21.2% 72	37.5% 12	17.4% 25	25.6% 10	17.1% 265
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	23.4% 233	30.6% 104	34.4% 11	31.3% 45	25.6% 10	26.0% 403
A small city or town	39.4% 392	35.9% 122	25.0% 8	34.0% 49	43.6% 17	37.9% 588
A country village	4.7% 47	3.2% 11	3.1% 1	4.9% 7	0.0% 0	4.3% 66
A farm or home in the country	14.7% 146	8.2% 28	0.0% 0	11.1% 16	5.1% 2	12.4% 192
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.0% 30	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 995	100.0% 340	100.0% 32	100.0% 144	100.0% 39	1550

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
A big city	26.2% 53	14.2% 28	17.2% 97	13.2% 34	16.9% 41	16.7% 7	17.3% 260
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	26.7% 54	35.0% 69	24.0% 135	27.5% 71	26.3% 64	19.0% 8	26.6% 401
A small city or town	32.2% 65	34.5% 68	38.9% 219	42.2% 109	37.9% 92	31.0% 13	37.6% 566
A country village	2.5% 5	3.6% 7	4.8% 27	3.9% 10	4.5% 11	7.1% 3	4.2% 63
A farm or home in the country	9.9% 20	10.7% 21	13.1% 74	11.2% 29	11.5% 28	21.4% 9	12.0% 181
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.5% 5	2.0% 4	1.8% 10	1.9% 5	2.9% 7	4.8% 2	2.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 197	100.0% 563	100.0% 258	100.0% 243	100.0% 42	1505

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A big city	13.0% 171	42.0% 71	32.0% 24	17.1% 266
The suburbs or outskirts of a big city	27.3% 358	17.2% 29	25.3% 19	26.1% 406
A small city or town	39.3% 516	28.4% 48	34.7% 26	37.9% 590
A country village	4.8% 63	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	4.2% 66
A farm or home in the country	13.1% 172	8.9% 15	6.7% 5	12.3% 192
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.4% 32	1.8% 3	1.3% 1	2.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 1313	100.0% 169	100.0% 75	1557