General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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PHYSACTS

To what extent are you able to carry out your everyday physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, carrying groceries, or moving a chair?
  1) Completely
  2) Mostly
  3) Moderately
  4) A little
  5) Not at all

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Completely 1499 64.4% 64.4% -0.64
Mostly 407 17.5% 81.8% 0.41
Moderately 276 11.9% 93.7% 1.47
A little 129 5.5% 99.2% 2.52
Not at all 18 .8% 100.0% 3.57

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 or older TOTAL
Completely 81.4%
323
74.8%
482
62.9%
357
51.0%
259
35.1%
72
64.3%
1493
Mostly 10.8%
43
14.4%
93
18.8%
107
21.7%
110
26.3%
54
17.5%
407
Moderately 6.3%
25
7.5%
48
12.0%
68
15.9%
81
25.9%
53
11.8%
275
A little 1.3%
5
3.0%
19
5.5%
31
10.0%
51
11.2%
23
5.6%
129
Not at all 0.3%
1
0.3%
2
0.9%
5
1.4%
7
1.5%
3
0.8%
18
TOTAL 100.0%
397
100.0%
644
100.0%
568
100.0%
508
100.0%
205

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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
Completely 61.2%
436
67.2%
92
67.3%
200
66.0%
157
69.1%
228
69.3%
61
62.0%
318
64.4%
1492
Mostly 17.7%
126
19.0%
26
13.5%
40
18.1%
43
17.6%
58
20.5%
18
18.3%
94
17.5%
405
Moderately 14.7%
105
8.8%
12
13.1%
39
9.7%
23
8.5%
28
5.7%
5
11.9%
61
11.8%
273
A little 5.6%
40
3.6%
5
5.4%
16
6.3%
15
3.9%
13
3.4%
3
6.8%
35
5.5%
127
Not at all 0.7%
5
1.5%
2
0.7%
2
0.0%
0
0.9%
3
1.1%
1
1.0%
5
0.8%
18
TOTAL 100.0%
712
100.0%
137
100.0%
297
100.0%
238
100.0%
330
100.0%
88
100.0%
513

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Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Extremely liberal or liberal Slightly liberal Moderate, middle of the road Slightly conservative Conservative or extremely conservative TOTAL
Completely 67.1%
265
68.6%
175
63.4%
538
59.9%
169
66.1%
297
64.8%
1444
Mostly 18.5%
73
14.9%
38
17.6%
149
20.9%
59
16.0%
72
17.5%
391
Moderately 9.1%
36
12.2%
31
12.5%
106
13.5%
38
11.6%
52
11.8%
263
A little 4.8%
19
3.5%
9
6.0%
51
5.3%
15
4.9%
22
5.2%
116
Not at all 0.5%
2
0.8%
2
0.6%
5
0.4%
1
1.3%
6
0.7%
16
TOTAL 100.0%
395
100.0%
255
100.0%
849
100.0%
282
100.0%
449

2230


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Completely 65.2%
1096
61.2%
233
63.4%
170
64.4%
1499
Mostly 17.5%
294
16.3%
62
19.0%
51
17.5%
407
Moderately 11.3%
190
13.4%
51
13.1%
35
11.9%
276
A little 5.4%
90
7.6%
29
3.7%
10
5.5%
129
Not at all 0.6%
10
1.6%
6
0.7%
2
0.8%
18
TOTAL 100.0%
1680
100.0%
381
100.0%
268

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other (specify) TOTAL
Completely 61.6%
697
65.2%
318
71.8%
28
68.5%
367
65.8%
75
64.3%
1485
Mostly 18.2%
206
17.0%
83
7.7%
3
16.2%
87
21.1%
24
17.5%
403
Moderately 12.3%
139
13.1%
64
15.4%
6
10.6%
57
7.9%
9
11.9%
275
A little 7.1%
80
4.5%
22
5.1%
2
3.9%
21
3.5%
4
5.6%
129
Not at all 0.9%
10
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.7%
4
1.8%
2
0.7%
17
TOTAL 100.0%
1132
100.0%
488
100.0%
39
100.0%
536
100.0%
114

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Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Completely 66.2%
689
62.9%
810
64.4%
1499
Mostly 16.7%
174
18.1%
233
17.5%
407
Moderately 11.8%
123
11.9%
153
11.9%
276
A little 4.3%
45
6.5%
84
5.5%
129
Not at all 1.0%
10
0.6%
8
0.8%
18
TOTAL 100.0%
1041
100.0%
1288

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