General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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SPHEALER Should [NAME] go to a spiritual or a natural healer for help?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	580	52.4%	52.4%	-0.95
No	526	47.6%	100.0%	1.05

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	49.7% 95	63.6% 196	55.1% 147	41.7% 106	41.7% 35	52.4% 579
No	50.3% 96	36.4% 112	44.9% 120	58.3% 148	58.3% 49	47.6% 525
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 308	100.0% 267	100.0% 254	100.0% 84	1104

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	49.7% 171	52.1% 38	52.4% 77	53.4% 63	58.1% 86	52.5% 21	53.3% 122	52.6% 578
No	50.3% 173	47.9% 35	47.6% 70	46.6% 55	41.9% 62	47.5% 19	46.7% 107	47.4% 521
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 73	100.0% 147	100.0% 118	100.0% 148	100.0% 40	100.0% 229	1099

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	59.1% 117	57.7% 71	51.7% 211	51.2% 63	45.5% 96	52.5% 558
No	40.9% 81	42.3% 52	48.3% 197	48.8% 60	54.5% 115	47.5% 505
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 123	100.0% 408	100.0% 123	100.0% 211	1063

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	50.6% 404	59.2% 109	54.5% 67	52.4% 580
No	49.4% 395	40.8% 75	45.5% 56	47.6% 526
TOTAL	100.0% 799	100.0% 184	100.0% 123	1106

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	53.6% 298	46.0% 98	63.2% 12	53.4% 141	60.9% 28	52.6% 577
No	46.4% 258	54.0% 115	36.8% 7	46.6% 123	39.1% 18	47.4% 521
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 213	100.0% 19	100.0% 264	100.0% 46	1098

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	47.7% 256	56.9% 324	52.4% 580
No	52.3% 281	43.1% 245	47.6% 526
TOTAL	100.0% 537	100.0% 569	1106