Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M47B When you consider what a suitable spouse is for your son or daughter, would you say that each of the following is very important, somewhat important, or not important: S/he fasts.   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) A little important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	4726	65.4%	65.4%	-.64
Somewhat important	917	12.7%	78%	.25
A little important	484	6.7%	84.7%	1.14
Not important at all	1104	15.3%	100%	2.04

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	70.4% 1101	68.9% 1486	61.0% 988	59.2% 604	62.9% 317	63.1% 212	65.4% 4708
Somewhat important	12.0% 187	13.3% 287	14.8% 239	11.7% 119	9.9% 50	8.3% 28	12.6% 910
A little important	6.0% 94	5.6% 120	7.3% 119	8.6% 88	6.7% 34	8.0% 27	6.7% 482
Not important at all	11.6% 181	12.3% 265	16.9% 274	20.5% 209	20.4% 103	20.5% 69	15.3% 1101
TOTAL	100.0% 1563	100.0% 2158	100.0% 1620	100.0% 1020	100.0% 504	100.0% 336	7201

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	82.8% 735	62.9% 1347	63.6% 1532	61.0% 907	67.1% 194	65.4% 4715
Somewhat important	6.0% 53	12.5% 268	15.1% 364	13.7% 203	8.0% 23	12.6% 911
A little important	4.6% 41	6.7% 143	6.4% 154	7.9% 117	9.7% 28	6.7% 483
Not important at all	6.6% 59	17.9% 383	14.8% 357	17.4% 259	15.2% 44	15.3% 1102
TOTAL	100.0% 888	100.0% 2141	100.0% 2407	100.0% 1486	100.0% 289	7211

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	56.6% 392	54.9% 538	63.2% 327	70.1% 892	61.0% 655	61.8% 2804
Somewhat important	8.9% 62	15.2% 149	14.1% 73	9.6% 122	10.7% 115	11.5% 521
A little important	9.1% 63	8.2% 80	7.0% 36	6.8% 87	7.7% 83	7.7% 349
Not important at all	25.4% 176	21.7% 213	15.7% 81	13.5% 172	20.5% 220	19.0% 862
TOTAL	100.0% 693	100.0% 980	100.0% 517	100.0% 1273	100.0% 1073	4536

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	71.9% 4678	7.1% 46	1.3% 1	0.00% 0	65.4% 4725
Somewhat important	13.0% 847	10.6% 68	1.3% 1	0.00% 0	12.7% 916
A little important	5.6% 365	18.5% 119	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	6.7% 484
Not important at all	9.4% 614	63.8% 411	97.5% 78	0.00% 0	15.3% 1103
TOTAL	100.0% 6504	100.0% 644	100.0% 80	100.0% 0	7228

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	62.9% 2354	68.0% 2370	65.4% 4724
Somewhat important	12.9% 483	12.4% 433	12.7% 916
A little important	6.9% 258	6.5% 226	6.7% 484
Not important at all	17.3% 646	13.1% 457	15.3% 1103
TOTAL	100.0% 3741	100.0% 3486	7227