General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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MENTLDOC Should [NAME] go to a psychiatrist for help?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	969	86.4%	86.4%	-0.40
No	153	13.6%	100.0%	2.52

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
Yes	88.3% 173	91.0% 283	85.2% 230	84.0% 215	78.2% 68	86.5% 969
No	11.7% 23	9.0% 28	14.8% 40	16.0% 41	21.8% 19	13.5% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 311	100.0% 270	100.0% 256	100.0% 87	1120

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
Yes	86.0% 302	89.0% 65	90.0% 135	89.0% 105	89.4% 135	82.9% 34	81.8% 189	86.5% 965
No	14.0% 49	11.0% 8	10.0% 15	11.0% 13	10.6% 16	17.1% 7	18.2% 42	13.5% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 73	100.0% 150	100.0% 118	100.0% 151	100.0% 41	100.0% 231	1115

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	88.6% 178	89.7% 113	86.8% 355	82.3% 102	84.6% 181	86.5% 929
No	11.4% 23	10.3% 13	13.2% 54	17.7% 22	15.4% 33	13.5% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 126	100.0% 409	100.0% 124	100.0% 214	1074

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	86.6% 702	91.4% 170	77.6% 97	86.4% 969
No	13.4% 109	8.6% 16	22.4% 28	13.6% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 811	100.0% 186	100.0% 125	1122

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	86.5% 489	86.4% 184	94.4% 17	86.2% 232	87.5% 42	86.6% 964
No	13.5% 76	13.6% 29	5.6% 1	13.8% 37	12.5% 6	13.4% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 565	100.0% 213	100.0% 18	100.0% 269	100.0% 48	1113

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	86.0% 468	86.7% 501	86.4% 969
No	14.0% 76	13.3% 77	13.6% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 578	1122