General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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OTCMED Should [NAME] take non-prescription medication, like over the counter sleeping pills?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	184	16.5%	16.5%	-2.24
No	930	83.5%	100.0%	0.44

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	19.1% 37	17.8% 55	16.7% 45	12.7% 32	17.0% 15	16.5% 184
No	80.9% 157	82.2% 254	83.3% 224	87.3% 220	83.0% 73	83.5% 928
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 309	100.0% 269	100.0% 252	100.0% 88	1112

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	15.7% 54	20.8% 15	14.8% 22	17.5% 21	15.5% 23	17.1% 7	17.7% 41	16.5% 183
No	84.3% 291	79.2% 57	85.2% 127	82.5% 99	84.5% 125	82.9% 34	82.3% 191	83.5% 924
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 72	100.0% 149	100.0% 120	100.0% 148	100.0% 41	100.0% 232	1107

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	17.8% 35	20.3% 25	17.3% 71	14.9% 18	14.4% 31	16.9% 180
No	82.2% 162	79.7% 98	82.7% 340	85.1% 103	85.6% 184	83.1% 887
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 123	100.0% 411	100.0% 121	100.0% 215	1067

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	16.5% 133	17.3% 32	15.2% 19	16.5% 184
No	83.5% 671	82.7% 153	84.8% 106	83.5% 930
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 185	100.0% 125	1114

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	16.4% 92	13.1% 28	16.7% 3	19.3% 51	20.8% 10	16.7% 184
No	83.6% 470	86.9% 185	83.3% 15	80.7% 213	79.2% 38	83.3% 921
TOTAL	100.0% 562	100.0% 213	100.0% 18	100.0% 264	100.0% 48	1105

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	16.9% 92	16.1% 92	16.5% 184
No	83.1% 452	83.9% 478	83.5% 930
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 570	1114