Life Choices, 1990

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CIVIC(Percentages are unweighted) If you personally were unsure what was right or wrong in a particular situation, how important would each of the following be in deciding what to do? Would it be absolutely essential to you, very important, only somewhat important, or not important at all? D. Do what would be best for everyone involved.   2) Very important   1) Absolutely essential   3) Only somewhat important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	1264	58.8%	58.8%	0.18
Absolutely essential	595	27.7%	86.5%	-1.30
Only somewhat important	251	11.7%	98.2%	1.67
Not important at all	39	1.8%	100.0%	3.16

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Very important	60.6% 249	58.7% 436	57.8% 242	58.9% 247	59.2% 87	59.0% 1261
Absolutely essential	25.1% 103	26.8% 199	28.9% 121	30.8% 129	26.5% 39	27.6% 591
Only somewhat important	11.9% 49	12.7% 94	12.2% 51	8.4% 35	12.9% 19	11.6% 248
Not important at all	2.4% 10	1.9% 14	1.2% 5	1.9% 8	1.4% 2	1.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 743	100.0% 419	100.0% 419	100.0% 147	2139

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very important	55.9% 205	58.0% 390	59.4% 475	62.2% 176	58.7% 1246
Absolutely essential	29.2% 107	29.2% 196	29.5% 236	18.4% 52	27.9% 591
Only somewhat important	11.7% 43	11.5% 77	9.8% 78	16.6% 47	11.6% 245
Not important at all	3.3% 12	1.3% 9	1.3% 10	2.8% 8	1.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 367	100.0% 672	100.0% 799	100.0% 283	2121

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very important	63.4% 242	58.6% 414	57.5% 338	57.0% 264	58.8% 1258
Absolutely essential	23.8% 91	27.3% 193	29.4% 173	29.6% 137	27.8% 594
Only somewhat important	10.7% 41	11.3% 80	12.1% 71	12.3% 57	11.6% 249
Not important at all	2.1% 8	2.8% 20	1.0% 6	1.1% 5	1.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 382	100.0% 707	100.0% 588	100.0% 463	2140

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	59.0% 328	60.9% 348	60.7% 404	51.7% 184	58.8% 1264
Absolutely essential	26.6% 148	24.7% 141	26.9% 179	35.7% 127	27.7% 595
Only somewhat important	12.8% 71	13.3% 76	10.2% 68	10.1% 36	11.7% 251
Not important at all	1.6% 9	1.1% 6	2.3% 15	2.5% 9	1.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 571	100.0% 666	100.0% 356	2149

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	59.6% 617	58.2% 624	58.9% 1241
Absolutely essential	27.4% 284	28.0% 300	27.7% 584
Only somewhat important	11.3% 117	11.8% 127	11.6% 244
Not important at all	1.6% 17	2.1% 22	1.9% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 1035	100.0% 1073	2108

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	61.4% 705	57.3% 377	45.5% 25	48.9% 44	59.0% 1151
Absolutely essential	26.9% 309	27.8% 183	34.5% 19	34.4% 31	27.8% 542
Only somewhat important	10.2% 117	12.9% 85	16.4% 9	16.7% 15	11.6% 226
Not important at all	1.6% 18	2.0% 13	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 658	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1952