Arts and Religion Survey, 1999 - Analysis
ABSORB1 (Weighted by WEIGHT)
Can you think of any times in the past week or so when you have become so absorbed in something that you lost track of time or forgot about yourself?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
1) Yes | 257161 | 60.7% | 60.7% |
2) No | 161292 | 38.1% | 98.8% |
3) Don't Know, Refused | 5260 | 1.2% | 100.0% |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 59.0%118301 | 62.3%138860 | 0 | 60.7%257161 |
No | 39.9%80147 | 36.4%81145 | 0 | 38.1%161292 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.1%2225 | 1.4%3035 | 0 | 1.2%5260 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%200673 | 100%223040 | 423713 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 57.0%56066 | 66.1%67434 | 58.4%80189 | 62.3%53472 | 0 | 60.7%257161 |
No | 42.0%41303 | 33.4%34072 | 39.8%54618 | 36.5%31299 | 0 | 38.1%161292 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.0%1033 | 0.6%569 | 1.9%2588 | 1.2%1070 | 0 | 1.2%5260 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%98402 | 100%102075 | 100%137395 | 100%85841 | 423713 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black or African American | Asian | Other or mixed race | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 61.5%208753 | 57.0%27595 | 55.7%4711 | 58.0%13239 | 13 | 60.6%254298 |
No | 37.3%126580 | 41.2%19930 | 43.1%3642 | 42.0%9606 | 5 | 38.1%159758 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.3%4254 | 1.9%904 | 1.2%102 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 1.3%5260 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Total | 100%339587 | 100%48429 | 100%8455 | 100%22845 | 419316 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Roman Catholic | Jewish | Other | No Preference, Atheist, Agnostic | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | 61.1%137701 | 60.8%66720 | 21.3%1182 | 64.6%21290 | 67.1%26321 | 16 | 61.3%253214 |
No | 37.6%84618 | 39.1%42926 | 64.9%3596 | 35.4%11646 | 31.6%12402 | 16 | 37.6%155188 |
Don't Know, Refused | 1.3%3017 | 0.2%174 | 13.8%765 | 0.0%0 | 1.3%520 | 3 | 1.1%4476 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Total | 100%225336 | 100%109820 | 100%5543 | 100%32936 | 100%39243 | 412878 |