General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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ACTSSOC In general, please rate how well you carry out your usual social activities and roles. (This includes activities at home, at work and in your community, and responsibilities as a parent, child, spouse, employee, friend, etc.)   1) Excellent   2) Very good   3) Good   4) Fair   5) Poor

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Excellent	315	13.5%	13.5%	-1.59
Very good	1049	45.1%	58.7%	-0.44
Good	743	32.0%	90.6%	0.70
Fair	177	7.6%	98.2%	1.84
Poor	41	1.8%	100.0%	2.98

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	14.9% 59	15.6% 100	14.6% 83	10.1% 51	9.9% 20	13.5% 313
Very good	47.5% 188	46.5% 299	45.3% 258	44.2% 224	38.4% 78	45.2% 1047
Good	30.3% 120	28.9% 186	30.1% 171	36.5% 185	38.9% 79	32.0% 741
Fair	6.3% 25	7.0% 45	8.8% 50	7.1% 36	9.9% 20	7.6% 176
Poor	1.0% 4	2.0% 13	1.2% 7	2.2% 11	3.0% 6	1.8% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 643	100.0% 569	100.0% 507	100.0% 203	2318

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	11.2% 79	10.9% 15	14.2% 42	16.0% 38	16.4% 54	14.8% 13	14.0% 72	13.5% 313
Very good	41.0% 290	48.2% 66	47.0% 139	46.2% 110	44.5% 147	42.0% 37	49.3% 253	45.1% 1042
Good	35.3% 250	30.7% 42	30.1% 89	29.4% 70	32.4% 107	36.4% 32	29.2% 150	32.0% 740
Fair	9.3% 66	9.5% 13	8.1% 24	6.7% 16	6.1% 20	4.5% 4	6.2% 32	7.6% 175
Poor	3.2% 23	0.7% 1	0.7% 2	1.7% 4	0.6% 2	2.3% 2	1.2% 6	1.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 137	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 330	100.0% 88	100.0% 513	2310

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Excellent	14.7% 58	9.0% 23	13.0% 110	9.6% 27	18.3% 82	13.5% 300
Very good	45.6% 180	49.4% 126	46.4% 393	44.1% 124	44.1% 198	45.8% 1021
Good	28.6% 113	32.9% 84	32.2% 273	35.9% 101	30.3% 136	31.7% 707
Fair	9.6% 38	7.5% 19	6.7% 57	8.5% 24	5.1% 23	7.2% 161
Poor	1.5% 6	1.2% 3	1.7% 14	1.8% 5	2.2% 10	1.7% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 255	100.0% 847	100.0% 281	100.0% 449	2227

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Excellent	12.5% 209	14.7% 56	18.7% 50	13.5% 315
Very good	47.5% 796	40.7% 155	36.7% 98	45.1% 1049
Good	31.5% 528	33.1% 126	33.3% 89	32.0% 743
Fair	6.9% 115	8.9% 34	10.5% 28	7.6% 177
Poor	1.7% 29	2.6% 10	0.7% 2	1.8% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1677	100.0% 381	100.0% 267	2325

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Excellent	13.1% 148	16.2% 79	10.3% 4	11.0% 59	17.5% 20	13.5% 310
Very good	44.6% 503	48.4% 236	48.7% 19	44.6% 238	40.4% 46	45.2% 1042
Good	32.2% 363	29.9% 146	35.9% 14	33.1% 177	32.5% 37	32.0% 737
Fair	8.1% 91	5.3% 26	5.1% 2	9.0% 48	7.9% 9	7.6% 176
Poor	2.1% 24	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 12	1.8% 2	1.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 1129	100.0% 488	100.0% 39	100.0% 534	100.0% 114	2304

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	12.1% 126	14.7% 189	13.5% 315
Very good	45.0% 468	45.2% 581	45.1% 1049
Good	33.4% 348	30.8% 395	32.0% 743
Fair	7.6% 79	7.6% 98	7.6% 177
Poor	1.9% 20	1.6% 21	1.8% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1284	2325