Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M34E For each of the following, indicate whether it is very important, rather important, not very important, or not important at all in your life: Society   1) Very important   2) Rather important   3) Not very important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	4233	60.8%	60.8%	-.73
Rather important	2449	35.2%	96%	.93
Not very important	217	3.1%	99.1%	2.6
Not important at all	60	.9%	100%	4.27

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years old	25-34 years old	35-44 years old	45-54 years old	55-64 years old	65+ years old	TOTAL
Very important	58.9% 1200	62.5% 1174	61.1% 890	60.5% 518	60.9% 304	62.5% 140	60.8% 4226
Rather important	36.1% 735	34.6% 649	34.9% 508	35.3% 302	35.5% 177	34.4% 77	35.2% 2448
Not very important	3.7% 75	2.5% 46	3.0% 43	3.7% 32	3.0% 15	2.7% 6	3.1% 217
Not important at all	1.4% 28	0.4% 8	1.1% 16	0.5% 4	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 2038	100.0% 1877	100.0% 1457	100.0% 856	100.0% 499	100.0% 224	6951

Education (I-EDUC)

	Illiterate	Elementary and primary (includes elementary school so goes from first grade to eighth grade)	Secondary	BA (completion of college degree)	MA or higher	TOTAL
Very important	53.8% 711	58.9% 1208	62.6% 1382	66.9% 832	71.7% 76	60.7% 4209
Rather important	42.2% 558	36.7% 753	33.8% 746	29.0% 360	24.5% 26	35.3% 2443
Not very important	3.0% 40	3.4% 69	3.0% 67	3.1% 38	2.8% 3	3.1% 217
Not important at all	1.0% 13	1.0% 20	0.6% 13	1.0% 13	0.9% 1	0.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 1322	100.0% 2050	100.0% 2208	100.0% 1243	100.0% 106	6929

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	53.7% 526	67.7% 539	58.6% 970	62.2% 494	65.0% 1620	61.8% 4149
Rather important	41.7% 409	28.4% 226	37.7% 623	33.8% 268	30.8% 769	34.2% 2295
Not very important	4.0% 39	2.6% 21	3.1% 52	2.9% 23	3.2% 79	3.2% 214
Not important at all	0.6% 6	1.3% 10	0.5% 9	1.1% 9	1.0% 25	0.9% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 980	100.0% 796	100.0% 1654	100.0% 794	100.0% 2493	6717

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	60.8% 4180	59.5% 44	0.00% 0	66.7% 4	60.8% 4228
Rather important	35.2% 2420	35.1% 26	0.00% 0	33.3% 2	35.2% 2448
Not very important	3.1% 215	2.7% 2	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 217
Not important at all	0.8% 58	2.7% 2	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 6873	100.0% 74	100.0% 0	100.0% 6	6953

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	63.4% 2206	58.2% 2027	60.8% 4233
Rather important	32.5% 1132	37.8% 1317	35.2% 2449
Not very important	3.0% 106	3.2% 111	3.1% 217
Not important at all	1.0% 35	0.7% 25	0.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 3479	100.0% 3480	6959