General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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MENTLOTH Should [NAME] go to a therapist, or counselor, like a psychologist, social worker, or other mental health professional for help?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1060	94.0%	94.0%	-0.25
No	68	6.0%	100.0%	3.95

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	95.4% 186	95.5% 298	93.4% 255	93.4% 242	89.7% 78	94.0% 1059
No	4.6% 9	4.5% 14	6.6% 18	6.6% 17	10.3% 9	6.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 312	100.0% 273	100.0% 259	100.0% 87	1126

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	94.6% 332	94.4% 68	94.0% 141	92.5% 111	98.0% 147	83.7% 36	92.8% 219	93.9% 1054
No	5.4% 19	5.6% 4	6.0% 9	7.5% 9	2.0% 3	16.3% 7	7.2% 17	6.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 72	100.0% 150	100.0% 120	100.0% 150	100.0% 43	100.0% 236	1122

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	94.5% 190	96.0% 121	95.9% 397	89.5% 111	90.7% 196	93.9% 1015
No	5.5% 11	4.0% 5	4.1% 17	10.5% 13	9.3% 20	6.1% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 126	100.0% 414	100.0% 124	100.0% 216	1081

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	93.8% 766	95.1% 176	93.7% 118	94.0% 1060
No	6.2% 51	4.9% 9	6.3% 8	6.0% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 817	100.0% 185	100.0% 126	1128

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	92.8% 529	95.3% 204	100.0% 18	95.5% 257	91.7% 44	94.0% 1052
No	7.2% 41	4.7% 10	0.0% 0	4.5% 12	8.3% 4	6.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 570	100.0% 214	100.0% 18	100.0% 269	100.0% 48	1119

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	92.3% 505	95.5% 555	94.0% 1060
No	7.7% 42	4.5% 26	6.0% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 581	1128