General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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HURTSELF In your opinion, how likely is it [NAME] would do something violent toward him/herself? Is it: [Allowed definition: Violent toward self: Suicide, not eating, wandering in traffic, self-mutilation]   1) Very likely   2) Somewhat likely   3) Not very likely   4) Not likely at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very likely	258	23.5%	23.5%	-1.34
Somewhat likely	539	49.0%	72.5%	-0.12
Not very likely	243	22.1%	94.6%	1.11
Not likely at all	59	5.4%	100.0%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Political ideology Race Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 or older	TOTAL
Very likely	25.8% 50	25.6% 78	23.9% 63	21.5% 54	15.5% 13	23.5% 258
Somewhat likely	54.6% 106	49.5% 151	44.7% 118	49.8% 125	46.4% 39	49.1% 539
Not very likely	15.5% 30	20.3% 62	25.4% 67	24.7% 62	25.0% 21	22.0% 242
Not likely at all	4.1% 8	4.6% 14	6.1% 16	4.0% 10	13.1% 11	5.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 305	100.0% 264	100.0% 251	100.0% 84	1098

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a year	About once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Every week or several times a week	TOTAL
Very likely	21.7% 75	30.4% 21	23.1% 34	22.2% 26	24.3% 35	26.8% 11	23.6% 54	23.4% 256
Somewhat likely	48.6% 168	53.6% 37	53.1% 78	49.6% 58	44.4% 64	39.0% 16	50.2% 115	49.0% 536
Not very likely	23.7% 82	10.1% 7	20.4% 30	22.2% 26	25.7% 37	31.7% 13	20.5% 47	22.1% 242
Not likely at all	6.1% 21	5.8% 4	3.4% 5	6.0% 7	5.6% 8	2.4% 1	5.7% 13	5.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 69	100.0% 147	100.0% 117	100.0% 144	100.0% 41	100.0% 229	1093

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Very likely	18.4% 36	18.9% 23	25.9% 105	19.8% 24	27.6% 58	23.3% 246
Somewhat likely	51.0% 100	59.0% 72	48.1% 195	47.1% 57	44.3% 93	49.1% 517
Not very likely	26.0% 51	20.5% 25	21.5% 87	28.1% 34	18.1% 38	22.3% 235
Not likely at all	4.6% 9	1.6% 2	4.4% 18	5.0% 6	10.0% 21	5.3% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 122	100.0% 405	100.0% 121	100.0% 210	1054

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very likely	21.7% 172	27.2% 50	29.5% 36	23.5% 258
Somewhat likely	50.7% 402	51.1% 94	35.2% 43	49.0% 539
Not very likely	22.6% 179	16.3% 30	27.9% 34	22.1% 243
Not likely at all	5.0% 40	5.4% 10	7.4% 9	5.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 793	100.0% 184	100.0% 122	1099

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	23.9% 133	26.8% 56	23.5% 4	22.1% 58	15.2% 7	23.6% 258
Somewhat likely	48.5% 270	48.8% 102	52.9% 9	48.1% 126	54.3% 25	48.8% 532
Not very likely	22.6% 126	19.6% 41	17.6% 3	23.7% 62	23.9% 11	22.3% 243
Not likely at all	5.0% 28	4.8% 10	5.9% 1	6.1% 16	6.5% 3	5.3% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 557	100.0% 209	100.0% 17	100.0% 262	100.0% 46	1091

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very likely	20.9% 112	25.9% 146	23.5% 258
Somewhat likely	49.2% 263	48.9% 276	49.0% 539
Not very likely	23.6% 126	20.7% 117	22.1% 243
Not likely at all	6.4% 34	4.4% 25	5.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 564	1099