General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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MENTLHOS Should [NAME] check into a mental hospital?   1) Yes   2) No

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	469	43.0%	43.0%	-1.15
No	622	57.0%	100.0%	0.87

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	36.5% 70	48.2% 148	44.8% 116	39.5% 98	44.6% 37	43.1% 469
No	63.5% 122	51.8% 159	55.2% 143	60.5% 150	55.4% 46	56.9% 620
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 307	100.0% 259	100.0% 248	100.0% 83	1089

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	41.6% 142	54.9% 39	39.7% 56	44.9% 53	42.9% 63	43.9% 18	42.2% 95	43.0% 466
No	58.4% 199	45.1% 32	60.3% 85	55.1% 65	57.1% 84	56.1% 23	57.8% 130	57.0% 618
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 71	100.0% 141	100.0% 118	100.0% 147	100.0% 41	100.0% 225	1084

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	47.2% 92	36.4% 44	44.9% 180	36.6% 45	43.9% 90	43.2% 451
No	52.8% 103	63.6% 77	55.1% 221	63.4% 78	56.1% 115	56.8% 594
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 121	100.0% 401	100.0% 123	100.0% 205	1045

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	43.1% 338	47.5% 87	35.8% 44	43.0% 469
No	56.9% 447	52.5% 96	64.2% 79	57.0% 622
TOTAL	100.0% 785	100.0% 183	100.0% 123	1091

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Yes	43.7% 241	44.2% 91	38.9% 7	43.2% 112	36.2% 17	43.3% 468
No	56.3% 311	55.8% 115	61.1% 11	56.8% 147	63.8% 30	56.7% 614
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 206	100.0% 18	100.0% 259	100.0% 47	1082

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	40.6% 214	45.2% 255	43.0% 469
No	59.4% 313	54.8% 309	57.0% 622
TOTAL	100.0% 527	100.0% 564	1091