General Social Survey, 1994

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OWNTHING It is wonderful that young people today have greater freedom to protest against things they don't like and to "do their own thing."   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Disagree strongly   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	201	13.6%	13.6%	-1.14
Agree	725	49.2%	62.8%	-.36
Disagree	404	27.4%	90.2%	.42
Disagree strongly	101	6.9%	97.1%	1.21
Don't know	31	2.1%	99.2%	4.34
No answer	12	.8%	100%	5.12

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years old	31-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Agree strongly	23.6% 70	14.8% 72	8.6% 32	6.8% 14	10.5% 12	13.6% 200
Agree	54.9% 163	52.6% 255	46.8% 173	40.8% 84	43.9% 50	49.3% 725
Disagree	16.2% 48	25.2% 122	34.3% 127	37.4% 77	26.3% 30	27.4% 404
Disagree strongly	2.7% 8	5.4% 26	7.0% 26	12.6% 26	13.2% 15	6.9% 101
Don't know	1.7% 5	1.9% 9	2.7% 10	1.9% 4	1.8% 2	2.0% 30
No answer	1.0% 3	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	4.4% 5	0.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 485	100.0% 370	100.0% 206	100.0% 114	1472

Education (I-EDUC)

	Did not complete high school	Finished high school	Four or less years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
Agree strongly	13.9% 33	13.4% 106	14.5% 48	11.2% 12	13.6% 199
Agree	43.7% 104	49.1% 389	50.9% 168	59.8% 64	49.4% 725
Disagree	29.8% 71	27.5% 218	27.0% 89	20.6% 22	27.3% 400
Disagree strongly	7.1% 17	7.6% 60	6.4% 21	2.8% 3	6.9% 101
Don't know	4.2% 10	1.8% 14	1.2% 4	2.8% 3	2.1% 31
No answer	1.3% 3	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	0.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 792	100.0% 330	100.0% 107	1467

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.3% 101	12.3% 100	13.6% 201
Agree	49.5% 327	48.9% 398	49.2% 725
Disagree	25.5% 168	29.0% 236	27.4% 404
Disagree strongly	6.7% 44	7.0% 57	6.9% 101
Don't know	2.0% 13	2.2% 18	2.1% 31
No answer	1.1% 7	0.6% 5	0.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 660	100.0% 814	1474

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other party member	TOTAL
Agree strongly	16.4% 87	12.8% 64	10.2% 40	28.6% 6	13.6% 197
Agree	48.9% 260	52.8% 264	46.4% 182	38.1% 8	49.4% 714
Disagree	24.8% 132	24.6% 123	35.5% 139	19.0% 4	27.5% 398
Disagree strongly	6.6% 35	7.6% 38	5.9% 23	14.3% 3	6.9% 99
Don't know	2.4% 13	2.0% 10	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	2.0% 29
No answer	0.9% 5	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 532	100.0% 500	100.0% 392	100.0% 21	1445

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.8% 156	17.8% 35	16.4% 10	13.6% 201
Agree	49.6% 603	47.7% 94	45.9% 28	49.2% 725
Disagree	27.3% 332	27.4% 54	29.5% 18	27.4% 404
Disagree strongly	7.2% 87	5.6% 11	4.9% 3	6.9% 101
Don't know	2.3% 28	1.0% 2	1.6% 1	2.1% 31
No answer	0.8% 10	0.5% 1	1.6% 1	0.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 1216	100.0% 197	100.0% 61	1474

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.9% 94	13.6% 51	25.6% 10	25.7% 35	19.2% 10	13.6% 200
Agree	49.3% 426	49.1% 184	48.7% 19	51.5% 70	44.2% 23	49.2% 722
Disagree	29.7% 257	28.8% 108	15.4% 6	15.4% 21	21.2% 11	27.5% 403
Disagree strongly	7.8% 67	5.9% 22	5.1% 2	2.9% 4	11.5% 6	6.9% 101
Don't know	1.7% 15	2.1% 8	5.1% 2	3.7% 5	1.9% 1	2.1% 31
No answer	0.6% 5	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	1.9% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 864	100.0% 375	100.0% 39	100.0% 136	100.0% 52	1466