Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M7B What factors would you consider when voting for candidates in an election for political office? Party or faction affiliation   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) Not important at all   98) Can't choose/Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	3359	21.6%	21.6%	-.43
Important	3943	25.3%	46.9%	-.24
Somewhat important	1141	7.3%	54.2%	-.05
Not important	3213	20.6%	74.9%	.14
Not important at all	3871	24.9%	99.7%	.33
Can't choose/Don't know	44	.3%	100%	17.98

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	23.0% 784	21.8% 824	24.5% 698	24.2% 422	20.9% 187	18.0% 87	22.8% 3002
Important	27.8% 949	27.0% 1023	24.0% 684	22.8% 397	21.8% 195	20.9% 101	25.4% 3349
Somewhat important	8.9% 303	6.5% 245	5.6% 160	6.1% 107	7.4% 66	3.7% 18	6.8% 899
Not important	21.5% 733	21.5% 815	20.7% 590	20.6% 359	21.4% 191	23.1% 112	21.3% 2800
Not important at all	18.8% 643	23.2% 879	25.1% 716	26.2% 457	28.5% 255	34.3% 166	23.7% 3116
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 3412	100.0% 3786	100.0% 2848	100.0% 1742	100.0% 894	100.0% 484	13166

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	19.3% 384	19.5% 875	22.0% 1204	24.8% 779	24.5% 102	21.6% 3344
Important	24.3% 483	23.4% 1050	26.6% 1457	26.1% 819	28.1% 117	25.3% 3926
Somewhat important	8.5% 169	7.7% 347	6.5% 353	8.1% 253	4.3% 18	7.3% 1140
Not important	23.6% 470	21.5% 965	20.6% 1129	18.1% 567	16.8% 70	20.6% 3201
Not important at all	23.6% 469	27.7% 1247	23.9% 1310	23.0% 722	26.4% 110	24.9% 3858
Can't choose/Don't know	0.7% 14	0.3% 12	0.3% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1989	100.0% 4496	100.0% 5471	100.0% 3140	100.0% 417	15513

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	19.1% 307	27.2% 418	15.9% 549	22.6% 423	20.4% 883	20.2% 2580
Important	25.1% 404	25.3% 388	24.3% 840	21.8% 407	26.6% 1152	24.9% 3191
Somewhat important	10.1% 162	3.0% 46	11.7% 405	4.3% 80	9.7% 418	8.7% 1111
Not important	23.2% 374	17.5% 269	23.9% 824	22.5% 421	21.0% 908	21.9% 2796
Not important at all	22.6% 364	27.0% 414	23.2% 801	28.9% 540	22.0% 954	24.0% 3073
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 32	0.0% 0	0.3% 12	0.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1611	100.0% 1535	100.0% 3451	100.0% 1871	100.0% 4327	12795

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	20.6% 3023	39.2% 315	22.5% 18	0.0% 0	21.6% 3356
Important	25.9% 3801	14.7% 118	25.0% 20	16.7% 1	25.3% 3940
Somewhat important	7.6% 1121	2.1% 17	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	7.3% 1139
Not important	21.1% 3100	12.5% 100	8.8% 7	50.0% 3	20.6% 3210
Not important at all	24.4% 3581	31.3% 251	43.8% 35	16.7% 1	24.9% 3868
Can't choose/Don't know	0.3% 42	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 14668	100.0% 803	100.0% 80	100.0% 6	15557

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	22.7% 1815	20.4% 1544	21.6% 3359
Important	24.5% 1966	26.1% 1973	25.3% 3939
Somewhat important	6.8% 548	7.8% 593	7.3% 1141
Not important	20.1% 1608	21.2% 1605	20.6% 3213
Not important at all	25.8% 2067	23.9% 1804	24.9% 3871
Can't choose/Don't know	0.1% 8	0.5% 36	0.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 8012	100.0% 7555	15567