Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M7E What factors would you consider when voting for candidates in an election for political office? Agrees with you on important issues   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	5754	45.3%	45.3%	-.82
Important	4109	32.3%	77.6%	0
Somewhat important	751	5.9%	83.5%	.81
Not important	1245	9.8%	93.3%	1.63
Not important at all	845	6.7%	100%	2.45

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	41.9% 1407	45.2% 1643	46.5% 1261	47.9% 794	46.0% 400	52.4% 232	45.3% 5737
Important	34.3% 1152	32.7% 1189	31.3% 848	31.9% 528	29.8% 259	27.5% 122	32.3% 4098
Somewhat important	7.6% 256	5.3% 191	5.3% 145	4.9% 82	7.0% 61	3.6% 16	5.9% 751
Not important	10.1% 338	10.0% 362	10.0% 270	8.4% 139	10.8% 94	9.0% 40	9.8% 1243
Not important at all	6.0% 201	6.8% 248	7.0% 189	6.9% 114	6.3% 55	7.4% 33	6.6% 840
TOTAL	100.0% 3354	100.0% 3633	100.0% 2713	100.0% 1657	100.0% 869	100.0% 443	12669

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	42.9% 699	44.4% 1638	43.9% 1923	49.3% 1263	52.7% 203	45.3% 5726
Important	31.6% 515	32.7% 1208	33.6% 1475	31.0% 793	26.5% 102	32.4% 4093
Somewhat important	9.1% 148	6.8% 252	5.1% 223	4.7% 121	1.8% 7	5.9% 751
Not important	9.9% 162	10.0% 368	10.3% 451	8.7% 223	9.9% 38	9.8% 1242
Not important at all	6.5% 106	6.1% 227	7.1% 312	6.3% 160	9.1% 35	6.6% 840
TOTAL	100.0% 1630	100.0% 3693	100.0% 4384	100.0% 2560	100.0% 385	12652

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	43.0% 695	49.9% 679	35.7% 751	49.6% 850	44.8% 1402	44.1% 4377
Important	31.1% 502	27.9% 379	37.3% 785	31.8% 546	32.0% 1000	32.4% 3212
Somewhat important	8.5% 138	2.6% 35	11.0% 232	3.3% 56	8.2% 255	7.2% 716
Not important	11.2% 181	11.0% 149	11.1% 234	8.6% 147	9.3% 291	10.1% 1002
Not important at all	6.2% 100	8.7% 118	4.9% 104	6.8% 116	5.7% 178	6.2% 616
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 1360	100.0% 2106	100.0% 1715	100.0% 3126	9923

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	43.9% 5221	64.9% 463	83.1% 64	16.7% 1	45.3% 5749
Important	33.0% 3929	22.4% 160	13.0% 10	66.7% 4	32.3% 4103
Somewhat important	6.2% 743	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 751
Not important	10.2% 1209	4.8% 34	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	9.8% 1244
Not important at all	6.7% 794	6.7% 48	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	6.7% 845
TOTAL	100.0% 11896	100.0% 713	100.0% 77	100.0% 6	12692

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	44.7% 2916	45.9% 2835	45.3% 5751
Important	31.3% 2041	33.5% 2067	32.3% 4108
Somewhat important	6.1% 398	5.7% 353	5.9% 751
Not important	10.4% 675	9.2% 570	9.8% 1245
Not important at all	7.5% 490	5.7% 354	6.6% 844
TOTAL	100.0% 6520	100.0% 6179	12699