Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M43 How often do you read the newspaper?   1) Rarely or not at all   2) Occasionally   3) Several times a week   4) Everyday

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Rarely or not at all	4555	34.4%	34.4%	-1.12
Occasionally	3127	23.6%	58%	-.3
Several times a week	1692	12.8%	70.7%	.51
Everyday	3877	29.3%	100%	1.33

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
Rarely or not at all	28.3% 818	35.9% 1076	37.0% 927	39.2% 588	49.1% 369	62.5% 192	36.3% 3970
Occasionally	27.6% 797	23.9% 715	24.9% 623	18.7% 280	15.0% 113	11.1% 34	23.4% 2562
Several times a week	15.9% 460	13.1% 393	10.7% 268	10.7% 160	8.5% 64	4.9% 15	12.4% 1360
Everyday	28.3% 817	27.1% 811	27.4% 685	31.5% 473	27.3% 205	21.5% 66	27.9% 3057
TOTAL	100.0% 2892	100.0% 2995	100.0% 2503	100.0% 1501	100.0% 751	100.0% 307	10949

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
Rarely or not at all	53.0% 630	47.9% 1963	29.6% 1513	15.7% 413	15.7% 26	34.4% 4545
Occasionally	7.1% 84	24.4% 1000	27.0% 1382	23.3% 615	22.9% 38	23.6% 3119
Several times a week	8.2% 98	9.8% 403	14.0% 717	16.5% 436	18.1% 30	12.8% 1684
Everyday	31.7% 377	17.9% 732	29.3% 1499	44.5% 1174	43.4% 72	29.2% 3854
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 4098	100.0% 5111	100.0% 2638	100.0% 166	13202

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Rarely or not at all	23.0% 263	53.1% 887	41.1% 1474	41.0% 703	24.9% 1214	35.0% 4541
Occasionally	17.4% 199	19.4% 323	26.5% 948	26.7% 458	24.3% 1183	24.0% 3111
Several times a week	16.1% 184	9.3% 156	11.6% 415	11.0% 188	14.6% 713	12.8% 1656
Everyday	43.6% 499	18.2% 303	20.8% 747	21.2% 364	36.2% 1761	28.3% 3674
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 1669	100.0% 3584	100.0% 1713	100.0% 4871	12982

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Rarely or not at all	34.4% 4484	33.7% 64	0.00% 0	50.0% 3	34.4% 4551
Occasionally	23.6% 3073	24.7% 47	0.00% 0	16.7% 1	23.6% 3121
Several times a week	12.8% 1672	10.0% 19	0.00% 0	16.7% 1	12.8% 1692
Everyday	29.2% 3813	31.6% 60	0.00% 0	16.7% 1	29.3% 3874
TOTAL	100.0% 13042	100.0% 190	100.0% 0	100.0% 6	13238

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Rarely or not at all	29.0% 1935	39.7% 2602	34.3% 4537
Occasionally	23.8% 1589	23.4% 1534	23.6% 3123
Several times a week	14.1% 939	11.5% 752	12.8% 1691
Everyday	33.0% 2202	25.5% 1672	29.3% 3874
TOTAL	100.0% 6665	100.0% 6560	13225