General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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HLTHMNTL In general, how would you rate your mental health, including your mood and your ability to think?   1) Excellent   2) Very good   3) Good   4) Fair   5) Poor

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Excellent	478	20.5%	20.5%	-1.38
Very good	905	38.9%	59.4%	-0.35
Good	671	28.8%	88.2%	0.68
Fair	232	10.0%	98.2%	1.71
Poor	43	1.8%	100.0%	2.74

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
Excellent	22.4% 89	17.9% 115	21.3% 121	20.1% 102	23.9% 49	20.5% 476
Very good	31.2% 124	40.5% 261	42.8% 243	40.4% 205	34.1% 70	38.9% 903
Good	33.2% 132	27.8% 179	25.0% 142	28.3% 144	34.6% 71	28.8% 668
Fair	10.1% 40	11.5% 74	9.3% 53	9.8% 50	7.3% 15	10.0% 232
Poor	3.0% 12	2.3% 15	1.6% 9	1.4% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 397	100.0% 644	100.0% 568	100.0% 508	100.0% 205	2322

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
Excellent	16.7% 119	22.6% 31	21.5% 64	22.7% 54	16.4% 54	28.4% 25	25.0% 128	20.5% 475
Very good	35.1% 250	36.5% 50	41.8% 124	35.3% 84	43.6% 144	37.5% 33	41.9% 215	38.9% 900
Good	32.0% 228	27.7% 38	27.3% 81	31.5% 75	30.9% 102	25.0% 22	23.4% 120	28.8% 666
Fair	13.2% 94	11.7% 16	8.4% 25	8.4% 20	7.9% 26	5.7% 5	9.0% 46	10.0% 232
Poor	2.9% 21	1.5% 2	1.0% 3	2.1% 5	1.2% 4	3.4% 3	0.8% 4	1.8% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 712	100.0% 137	100.0% 297	100.0% 238	100.0% 330	100.0% 88	100.0% 513	2315

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Excellent	19.7% 78	17.6% 45	21.2% 180	12.8% 36	26.5% 119	20.5% 458
Very good	36.7% 145	41.6% 106	37.7% 320	45.0% 127	39.4% 177	39.2% 875
Good	29.4% 116	29.8% 76	30.4% 258	29.8% 84	22.7% 102	28.5% 636
Fair	11.4% 45	10.2% 26	9.1% 77	10.6% 30	9.6% 43	9.9% 221
Poor	2.8% 11	0.8% 2	1.6% 14	1.8% 5	1.8% 8	1.8% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 255	100.0% 849	100.0% 282	100.0% 449	2230

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Excellent	20.4% 343	22.8% 87	17.9% 48	20.5% 478
Very good	40.7% 683	32.8% 125	36.2% 97	38.9% 905
Good	27.9% 468	30.7% 117	32.1% 86	28.8% 671
Fair	9.2% 154	12.1% 46	11.9% 32	10.0% 232
Poor	1.9% 32	1.6% 6	1.9% 5	1.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 1680	100.0% 381	100.0% 268	2329

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Excellent	20.4% 231	22.1% 108	28.2% 11	17.9% 96	24.6% 28	20.5% 474
Very good	38.3% 433	43.2% 211	46.2% 18	36.4% 195	33.3% 38	38.8% 895
Good	29.9% 339	26.4% 129	23.1% 9	30.2% 162	24.6% 28	28.9% 667
Fair	10.2% 116	7.0% 34	2.6% 1	12.5% 67	11.4% 13	10.0% 231
Poor	1.1% 13	1.2% 6	0.0% 0	3.0% 16	6.1% 7	1.8% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 1132	100.0% 488	100.0% 39	100.0% 536	100.0% 114	2309

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	22.8% 237	18.7% 241	20.5% 478
Very good	39.8% 414	38.1% 491	38.9% 905
Good	26.1% 272	31.0% 399	28.8% 671
Fair	9.4% 98	10.4% 134	10.0% 232
Poor	1.9% 20	1.8% 23	1.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1288	2329