General Social Survey, 1996

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RPRTST35(Percentages are unweighted) In the past five years how many times have you done each of the following to protest against a government action you strongly oppose? B. Gone on a protest march or demonstration   1) Never   2) Once   9) No answer   3) More than once   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	1177	88.4%	88.4%	-0.25
Once	87	6.5%	94.9%	0.50
No answer	36	2.7%	97.6%	5.69
More than once	31	2.3%	99.9%	1.24
Don't know	1	.1%	100.0%	4.95

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Education Religion Worship attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Never	87.1% 270	86.5% 396	89.7% 332	92.2% 178	88.4% 1176
Once	8.1% 25	7.6% 35	5.7% 21	3.1% 6	6.5% 87
No answer	2.3% 7	2.8% 13	2.2% 8	4.1% 8	2.7% 36
More than once	2.6% 8	2.8% 13	2.4% 9	0.5% 1	2.3% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 310	100.0% 458	100.0% 370	100.0% 193	1331

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	87.9% 525	88.7% 652	88.4% 1177
Once	7.0% 42	6.1% 45	6.5% 87
No answer	2.3% 14	3.0% 22	2.7% 36
More than once	2.7% 16	2.0% 15	2.3% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 735	1332

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Never	89.5% 968	84.4% 152	81.4% 57	88.4% 1177
Once	6.2% 67	6.1% 11	12.9% 9	6.5% 87
No answer	2.4% 26	4.4% 8	2.9% 2	2.7% 36
More than once	1.8% 20	5.0% 9	2.9% 2	2.3% 31
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1082	100.0% 180	100.0% 70	1332

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Never	94.3% 199	89.7% 634	85.7% 78	84.1% 180	78.8% 82	88.4% 1173
Once	1.4% 3	6.1% 43	6.6% 6	10.7% 23	10.6% 11	6.5% 86
No answer	3.8% 8	2.7% 19	4.4% 4	0.0% 0	4.8% 5	2.7% 36
More than once	0.5% 1	1.6% 11	3.3% 3	4.7% 10	5.8% 6	2.3% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 707	100.0% 91	100.0% 214	100.0% 104	1327

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Never	89.3% 676	88.6% 279	74.2% 23	88.9% 144	82.1% 55	88.4% 1177
Once	5.5% 42	7.9% 25	12.9% 4	4.9% 8	11.9% 8	6.5% 87
No answer	2.8% 21	2.9% 9	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	4.5% 3	2.7% 36
More than once	2.2% 17	0.6% 2	12.9% 4	4.3% 7	1.5% 1	2.3% 31
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 315	100.0% 31	100.0% 162	100.0% 67	1332

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	2-3 times a month	Once or more a week	TOTAL
Never	90.7% 284	89.2% 174	85.9% 171	89.9% 80	87.4% 159	87.7% 284	88.5% 1152
Once	5.4% 17	7.7% 15	8.0% 16	4.5% 4	6.0% 11	6.5% 21	6.5% 84
No answer	1.9% 6	1.0% 2	3.0% 6	2.2% 2	4.9% 9	2.8% 9	2.6% 34
More than once	1.9% 6	2.1% 4	3.0% 6	3.4% 3	1.6% 3	2.8% 9	2.4% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 195	100.0% 199	100.0% 89	100.0% 182	100.0% 324	1302

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal or extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
Never	76.9% 120	85.6% 131	91.1% 449	93.3% 194	87.1% 223	88.2% 1117
Once	13.5% 21	9.8% 15	3.9% 19	5.8% 12	7.0% 18	6.7% 85
No answer	3.8% 6	1.3% 2	3.4% 17	0.5% 1	3.1% 8	2.7% 34
More than once	5.8% 9	3.3% 5	1.6% 8	0.5% 1	2.3% 6	2.3% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 153	100.0% 493	100.0% 208	100.0% 256	1266