General Social Survey, 2004

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JOINDEM(Percentages are unweighted) Here are some forms of political and social action that people can take. Please indicate, for each one, (1) whether you have done any of these things in the past year, (2) have done it in the more distant past, (3) have not done it but might do it, (4) or have not done it and would never, under any circumstances, do it--Took part in a demonstration.   4) Have not done it and would never do it   3) Have not done it but might do it   2) Have done it in the more distant past   1) Have done it in the past year   9) No answer   8) Can't choose

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Have not done it and would never do it	581	39.5%	39.5%	0.87
Have not done it but might do it	609	41.4%	80.8%	-0.20
Have done it in the more distant past	197	13.4%	94.2%	-1.27
Have done it in the past year	77	5.2%	99.5%	-2.34
No answer	5	.3%	99.8%	6.21
Can't choose	3	.2%	100.0%	5.14

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Have not done it and would never do it	28.5% 87	38.5% 159	39.5% 210	56.4% 123	39.5% 579
Have not done it but might do it	53.4% 163	43.1% 178	36.9% 196	32.1% 70	41.4% 607
Have done it in the more distant past	11.1% 34	11.9% 49	17.9% 95	8.7% 19	13.4% 197
Have done it in the past year	6.9% 21	5.8% 24	4.9% 26	2.8% 6	5.2% 77
No answer	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
Can't choose	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 413	100.0% 531	100.0% 218	1467

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Have not done it and would never do it	37.3% 245	41.2% 336	39.5% 581
Have not done it but might do it	42.7% 280	40.3% 329	41.4% 609
Have done it in the more distant past	14.5% 95	12.5% 102	13.4% 197
Have done it in the past year	5.2% 34	5.3% 43	5.2% 77
No answer	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	0.3% 5
Can't choose	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 656	100.0% 816	1472

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Have not done it and would never do it	50.8% 97	45.7% 337	36.6% 41	23.7% 68	26.2% 38	39.5% 581
Have not done it but might do it	36.1% 69	39.5% 291	39.3% 44	49.5% 142	43.4% 63	41.4% 609
Have done it in the more distant past	9.4% 18	10.9% 80	17.9% 20	17.8% 51	19.3% 28	13.4% 197
Have done it in the past year	2.6% 5	3.4% 25	6.3% 7	8.4% 24	11.0% 16	5.2% 77
No answer	0.5% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Can't choose	0.5% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 737	100.0% 112	100.0% 287	100.0% 145	1472

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Have not done it and would never do it	42.5% 340	59.4% 60	37.3% 79	27.1% 13	28.6% 89	39.5% 581
Have not done it but might do it	39.6% 317	22.8% 23	43.9% 93	43.8% 21	49.8% 155	41.4% 609
Have done it in the more distant past	12.0% 96	15.8% 16	13.7% 29	29.2% 14	13.5% 42	13.4% 197
Have done it in the past year	5.3% 42	2.0% 2	3.8% 8	0.0% 0	8.0% 25	5.2% 77
No answer	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Can't choose	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 800	100.0% 101	100.0% 212	100.0% 48	100.0% 311	1472

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Have not done it and would never do it	41.9% 322	41.1% 138	34.2% 13	31.9% 65	35.0% 41	39.5% 579
Have not done it but might do it	40.8% 314	40.2% 135	31.6% 12	46.1% 94	42.7% 50	41.3% 605
Have done it in the more distant past	12.5% 96	12.5% 42	26.3% 10	14.7% 30	15.4% 18	13.4% 196
Have done it in the past year	4.0% 31	6.0% 20	7.9% 3	7.4% 15	6.8% 8	5.3% 77
No answer	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
Can't choose	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 769	100.0% 336	100.0% 38	100.0% 204	100.0% 117	1464