Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
CNUCWAR
I am going to read you a list of social and political issues that are being discussed today. For each, please tell me how concerned you are personally -- very concerned, fairly concerned, not too concerned, or not concerned at all? J. The possibility of nuclear war
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very concerned | 769 | 35.8% | 35.8% | -1.09 |
2) Fairly concerned | 614 | 28.6% | 64.4% | -0.11 |
3) Not too concerned | 526 | 24.5% | 88.9% | 0.88 |
4) Not concerned at all | 239 | 11.1% | 100.0% | 1.86 |
Missing | 26 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2148 |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 years old | 30-44 years old | 45-59 years old | 60-74 years old | 75 years and older | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 40.4%165 | 35.0%259 | 33.8%143 | 35.3%147 | 35.6%53 | 2 | 35.9%767 |
Fairly concerned | 26.2%107 | 30.7%227 | 30.7%130 | 25.7%107 | 26.2%39 | 4 | 28.5%610 |
Not too concerned | 22.1%90 | 24.6%182 | 24.6%104 | 25.2%105 | 28.2%42 | 3 | 24.5%523 |
Not concerned at all | 11.3%46 | 9.7%72 | 10.9%46 | 13.9%58 | 10.1%15 | 2 | 11.1%237 |
Missing | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 0 |
Total | 100%408 | 100%740 | 100%423 | 100%417 | 100%149 | 2137 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 34.1%126 | 36.3%243 | 39.3%313 | 27.0%76 | 11 | 35.8%758 |
Fairly concerned | 28.5%105 | 27.0%181 | 29.7%237 | 29.9%84 | 7 | 28.7%607 |
Not too concerned | 23.0%85 | 26.4%177 | 22.0%175 | 28.5%80 | 9 | 24.4%517 |
Not concerned at all | 14.4%53 | 10.3%69 | 9.0%72 | 14.6%41 | 4 | 11.1%235 |
Missing | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 57 | 1 |
Total | 100%369 | 100%670 | 100%797 | 100%281 | 2117 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 42.5%161 | 40.1%282 | 35.0%207 | 25.2%117 | 2 | 35.9%767 |
Fairly concerned | 24.8%94 | 29.4%207 | 26.4%156 | 33.1%154 | 3 | 28.6%611 |
Not too concerned | 20.1%76 | 20.2%142 | 27.9%165 | 30.1%140 | 3 | 24.5%523 |
Not concerned at all | 12.7%48 | 10.4%73 | 10.7%63 | 11.6%54 | 1 | 11.1%238 |
Missing | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
Total | 100%379 | 100%704 | 100%591 | 100%465 | 2139 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 35.1%195 | 32.4%188 | 40.8%269 | 33.1%117 | 0 | 35.8%769 |
Fairly concerned | 32.4%180 | 31.6%183 | 26.1%172 | 22.4%79 | 0 | 28.6%614 |
Not too concerned | 22.7%126 | 23.8%138 | 23.4%154 | 30.6%108 | 0 | 24.5%526 |
Not concerned at all | 9.9%55 | 12.2%71 | 9.7%64 | 13.9%49 | 0 | 11.1%239 |
Missing | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 0 |
Total | 100%556 | 100%580 | 100%659 | 100%353 | 2148 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 32.7%338 | 38.6%414 | 17 | 35.7%752 |
Fairly concerned | 26.4%273 | 30.9%332 | 9 | 28.7%605 |
Not too concerned | 28.9%299 | 20.1%216 | 11 | 24.4%515 |
Not concerned at all | 12.1%125 | 10.3%111 | 3 | 11.2%236 |
Missing | 10 | 14 | 66 | 2 |
Total | 100%1035 | 100%1073 | 2108 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 35.0%402 | 39.3%259 | 40.7%22 | 33.7%30 | 56 | 36.6%713 |
Fairly concerned | 26.5%304 | 31.1%205 | 25.9%14 | 24.7%22 | 69 | 28.0%545 |
Not too concerned | 27.1%311 | 20.9%138 | 18.5%10 | 23.6%21 | 46 | 24.6%480 |
Not concerned at all | 11.3%130 | 8.6%57 | 14.8%8 | 18.0%16 | 28 | 10.8%211 |
Missing | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 225 | 3 |
Total | 100%1147 | 100%659 | 100%54 | 100%89 | 1949 |