General Social Survey, 2000

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ROWNGUN Do any of these guns personally belong to you?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Refused   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	416	66%	66%	-.51
No	187	29.7%	95.7%	.71
Refused	23	3.7%	99.4%	1.92
No answer	4	.6%	100%	9.23

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	56.1% 55	64.2% 120	67.7% 151	73.9% 88	66.0% 414
No	41.8% 41	31.6% 59	27.8% 62	20.2% 24	29.7% 186
Refused	1.0% 1	3.7% 7	4.0% 9	5.0% 6	3.7% 23
No answer	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 187	100.0% 223	100.0% 119	627

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	88.5% 315	36.9% 101	66.0% 416
No	7.6% 27	58.4% 160	29.7% 187
Refused	3.1% 11	4.4% 12	3.7% 23
No answer	0.8% 3	0.4% 1	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 356	100.0% 274	630

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	60.3% 225	88.6% 39	79.6% 78	66.7% 8	64.7% 66	66.1% 416
No	35.9% 134	6.8% 3	13.3% 13	33.3% 4	31.4% 32	29.6% 186
Refused	3.2% 12	4.5% 2	6.1% 6	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	3.7% 23
No answer	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 44	100.0% 98	100.0% 12	100.0% 102	629

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	65.6% 379	80.0% 32	41.7% 5	66.0% 416
No	30.1% 174	15.0% 6	58.3% 7	29.7% 187
Refused	3.6% 21	5.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 23
No answer	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 578	100.0% 40	100.0% 12	630

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	58.3% 14	64.5% 40	69.4% 34	69.3% 296	68.3% 384
No	41.7% 10	33.9% 21	24.5% 12	28.3% 121	29.2% 164
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	2.1% 9	2.0% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.0% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 62	100.0% 49	100.0% 427	562

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	63.2% 67	64.9% 157	68.0% 170	65.9% 394
No	32.1% 34	31.0% 75	28.4% 71	30.1% 180
Refused	3.8% 4	3.3% 8	3.2% 8	3.3% 20
No answer	0.9% 1	0.8% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 242	100.0% 250	598

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	66.0% 254	59.2% 77	88.9% 8	71.4% 60	76.2% 16	66.0% 415
No	31.2% 120	33.1% 43	0.0% 0	25.0% 21	14.3% 3	29.7% 187
Refused	2.9% 11	7.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.5% 2	3.7% 23
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	3.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 385	100.0% 130	100.0% 9	100.0% 84	100.0% 21	629

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	67.9% 53	65.6% 242	64.6% 31	60.5% 52	78.3% 36	66.0% 414
No	25.6% 20	31.2% 115	33.3% 16	30.2% 26	19.6% 9	29.7% 186
Refused	6.4% 5	2.7% 10	2.1% 1	7.0% 6	2.2% 1	3.7% 23
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 369	100.0% 48	100.0% 86	100.0% 46	627