General Social Survey, 2000

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PAINFEEL If you went for treatment because you have pain that interferes with your work or other daily activities so that you accomplish less than you would like: -- Would you definitely expect, probably expect, probably not expect, or definitely not expect to feel better about yourself as a person?   1) Definitely expect   2) Probably expect   3) Probably not expect   4) Definitely not expect   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely expect	148	31%	31%	-.75
Probably expect	186	38.9%	69.9%	-.32
Probably not expect	54	11.3%	81.2%	.12
Definitely not expect	31	6.5%	87.7%	.55
Don't know	32	6.7%	94.4%	2.28
No answer	27	5.6%	100%	2.71

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Definitely expect	29.3% 29	27.8% 42	34.2% 52	33.3% 25	31.0% 148
Probably expect	41.4% 41	39.7% 60	37.5% 57	37.3% 28	39.0% 186
Probably not expect	14.1% 14	13.2% 20	9.2% 14	8.0% 6	11.3% 54
Definitely not expect	6.1% 6	7.3% 11	6.6% 10	5.3% 4	6.5% 31
Don't know	6.1% 6	6.0% 9	5.9% 9	10.7% 8	6.7% 32
No answer	3.0% 3	6.0% 9	6.6% 10	5.3% 4	5.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 151	100.0% 152	100.0% 75	477

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Definitely expect	25.8% 55	35.1% 93	31.0% 148
Probably expect	44.1% 94	34.7% 92	38.9% 186
Probably not expect	10.3% 22	12.1% 32	11.3% 54
Definitely not expect	4.7% 10	7.9% 21	6.5% 31
Don't know	8.5% 18	5.3% 14	6.7% 32
No answer	6.6% 14	4.9% 13	5.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 265	478

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Definitely expect	31.6% 67	29.8% 14	28.6% 20	50.0% 12	28.0% 35	31.0% 148
Probably expect	40.6% 86	38.3% 18	35.7% 25	29.2% 7	40.0% 50	38.9% 186
Probably not expect	10.8% 23	10.6% 5	14.3% 10	8.3% 2	11.2% 14	11.3% 54
Definitely not expect	7.5% 16	4.3% 2	4.3% 3	4.2% 1	7.2% 9	6.5% 31
Don't know	3.3% 7	12.8% 6	8.6% 6	8.3% 2	8.8% 11	6.7% 32
No answer	6.1% 13	4.3% 2	8.6% 6	0.0% 0	4.8% 6	5.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 47	100.0% 70	100.0% 24	100.0% 125	478

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Definitely expect	29.1% 110	39.0% 30	34.8% 8	31.0% 148
Probably expect	39.4% 149	33.8% 26	47.8% 11	38.9% 186
Probably not expect	12.2% 46	10.4% 8	0.0% 0	11.3% 54
Definitely not expect	7.4% 28	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	6.5% 31
Don't know	6.1% 23	7.8% 6	13.0% 3	6.7% 32
No answer	5.8% 22	5.2% 4	4.3% 1	5.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 378	100.0% 77	100.0% 23	478

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Definitely expect	41.5% 17	36.1% 26	30.6% 11	27.9% 72	31.0% 126
Probably expect	26.8% 11	41.7% 30	36.1% 13	41.5% 107	39.6% 161
Probably not expect	14.6% 6	8.3% 6	11.1% 4	12.8% 33	12.0% 49
Definitely not expect	4.9% 2	6.9% 5	8.3% 3	6.6% 17	6.6% 27
Don't know	9.8% 4	5.6% 4	11.1% 4	5.0% 13	6.1% 25
No answer	2.4% 1	1.4% 1	2.8% 1	6.2% 16	4.7% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 72	100.0% 36	100.0% 258	407

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Definitely expect	34.9% 38	29.8% 51	26.4% 42	29.8% 131
Probably expect	34.9% 38	39.8% 68	45.3% 72	40.5% 178
Probably not expect	12.8% 14	12.3% 21	9.4% 15	11.4% 50
Definitely not expect	7.3% 8	5.3% 9	7.5% 12	6.6% 29
Don't know	5.5% 6	5.3% 9	7.5% 12	6.2% 27
No answer	4.6% 5	7.6% 13	3.8% 6	5.5% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 171	100.0% 159	439

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Definitely expect	31.5% 85	31.0% 35	37.5% 3	26.7% 16	34.6% 9	31.0% 148
Probably expect	38.5% 104	42.5% 48	12.5% 1	40.0% 24	34.6% 9	39.0% 186
Probably not expect	12.2% 33	8.0% 9	0.0% 0	16.7% 10	7.7% 2	11.3% 54
Definitely not expect	5.6% 15	5.3% 6	37.5% 3	8.3% 5	7.7% 2	6.5% 31
Don't know	7.8% 21	5.3% 6	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	11.5% 3	6.7% 32
No answer	4.4% 12	8.0% 9	12.5% 1	5.0% 3	3.8% 1	5.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 113	100.0% 8	100.0% 60	100.0% 26	477

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Definitely expect	36.4% 28	33.1% 79	33.3% 14	20.5% 17	26.5% 9	30.9% 147
Probably expect	35.1% 27	40.2% 96	42.9% 18	42.2% 35	26.5% 9	38.9% 185
Probably not expect	9.1% 7	9.6% 23	14.3% 6	15.7% 13	14.7% 5	11.4% 54
Definitely not expect	6.5% 5	5.0% 12	2.4% 1	8.4% 7	17.6% 6	6.5% 31
Don't know	7.8% 6	7.1% 17	2.4% 1	7.2% 6	5.9% 2	6.7% 32
No answer	5.2% 4	5.0% 12	4.8% 2	6.0% 5	8.8% 3	5.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 239	100.0% 42	100.0% 83	100.0% 34	475