Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M7F What factors would you consider when voting for candidates in an election for political office? Considers the opinions of others   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	1233	21%	21%	-1.29
Important	1963	33.4%	54.5%	-.5
Somewhat important	895	15.2%	69.7%	.29
Not important	1301	22.2%	91.9%	1.09
Not important at all	477	8.1%	100%	1.88

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	20.0% 375	22.0% 347	21.6% 255	17.3% 119	23.9% 96	28.9% 39	21.0% 1231
Important	33.7% 634	33.4% 527	32.3% 381	35.9% 246	31.6% 127	35.6% 48	33.5% 1963
Somewhat important	15.2% 286	14.8% 233	15.5% 183	16.5% 113	15.9% 64	11.9% 16	15.3% 895
Not important	21.4% 403	22.5% 356	22.5% 266	23.6% 162	22.1% 89	17.0% 23	22.2% 1299
Not important at all	9.6% 181	7.3% 116	8.1% 95	6.7% 46	6.5% 26	6.7% 9	8.1% 473
TOTAL	100.0% 1879	100.0% 1579	100.0% 1180	100.0% 686	100.0% 402	100.0% 135	5861

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	25.0% 213	21.1% 354	21.7% 451	16.2% 183	19.4% 20	20.9% 1221
Important	35.8% 305	34.1% 572	33.5% 694	31.7% 359	21.4% 22	33.4% 1952
Somewhat important	17.5% 149	15.9% 266	14.2% 294	14.9% 168	17.5% 18	15.3% 895
Not important	16.8% 143	21.4% 359	23.0% 477	25.7% 291	25.2% 26	22.2% 1296
Not important at all	4.9% 42	7.5% 126	7.6% 158	11.5% 130	16.5% 17	8.1% 473
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 1677	100.0% 2074	100.0% 1131	100.0% 103	5837

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very important	21.9% 214	30.4% 131	21.7% 355	23.6% 116	17.0% 357	20.8% 1173
Important	33.1% 323	35.7% 154	34.1% 558	37.4% 184	32.1% 673	33.6% 1892
Somewhat important	15.6% 152	7.4% 32	16.6% 272	15.0% 74	15.5% 325	15.2% 855
Not important	20.9% 204	20.2% 87	20.0% 326	20.7% 102	25.3% 530	22.2% 1249
Not important at all	8.5% 83	6.3% 27	7.5% 123	3.3% 16	10.2% 214	8.2% 463
TOTAL	100.0% 976	100.0% 431	100.0% 1634	100.0% 492	100.0% 2099	5632

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very important	21.1% 1218	14.5% 11	0.00% 0	50.0% 3	21.0% 1232
Important	33.4% 1930	38.2% 29	0.00% 0	33.3% 2	33.5% 1961
Somewhat important	15.3% 884	10.5% 8	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	15.2% 892
Not important	22.1% 1276	30.3% 23	0.00% 0	16.7% 1	22.2% 1300
Not important at all	8.2% 472	6.6% 5	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	8.1% 477
TOTAL	100.0% 5780	100.0% 76	100.0% 0	100.0% 6	5862

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	17.9% 523	24.1% 710	21.0% 1233
Important	30.9% 904	36.0% 1059	33.4% 1963
Somewhat important	15.6% 458	14.9% 437	15.2% 895
Not important	26.4% 772	18.0% 529	22.2% 1301
Not important at all	9.3% 272	7.0% 205	8.1% 477
TOTAL	100.0% 2929	100.0% 2940	5869