General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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SELFHELP Should [NAME] join a self-help group where people with similar problems help each other?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1004	89.4%	89.4%	-0.34
No	119	10.6%	100.0%	2.90

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	91.8% 179	92.9% 289	89.7% 244	86.4% 222	79.1% 68	89.4% 1002
No	8.2% 16	7.1% 22	10.3% 28	13.6% 35	20.9% 18	10.6% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 311	100.0% 272	100.0% 257	100.0% 86	1121

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	90.6% 318	86.1% 62	90.5% 133	87.4% 104	90.0% 135	90.9% 40	88.4% 206	89.4% 998
No	9.4% 33	13.9% 10	9.5% 14	12.6% 15	10.0% 15	9.1% 4	11.6% 27	10.6% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 72	100.0% 147	100.0% 119	100.0% 150	100.0% 44	100.0% 233	1116

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	91.5% 184	89.6% 112	89.4% 370	91.1% 113	85.4% 182	89.2% 961
No	8.5% 17	10.4% 13	10.6% 44	8.9% 11	14.6% 31	10.8% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 125	100.0% 414	100.0% 124	100.0% 213	1077

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	88.7% 719	91.4% 169	91.3% 116	89.4% 1004
No	11.3% 92	8.6% 16	8.7% 11	10.6% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 811	100.0% 185	100.0% 127	1123

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	89.1% 506	88.3% 189	100.0% 19	90.3% 241	91.3% 42	89.5% 997
No	10.9% 62	11.7% 25	0.0% 0	9.7% 26	8.7% 4	10.5% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 568	100.0% 214	100.0% 19	100.0% 267	100.0% 46	1114

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	90.0% 488	88.8% 516	89.4% 1004
No	10.0% 54	11.2% 65	10.6% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 542	100.0% 581	1123