Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
CPOLLUTE
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? F. Environmental pollution
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very concerned | 1316 | 60.9% | 60.9% | -0.71 |
2) Fairly concerned | 679 | 31.4% | 92.3% | 0.76 |
3) Not too concerned | 135 | 6.2% | 98.5% | 2.23 |
4) Not concerned at all | 32 | 1.5% | 100.0% | 3.70 |
Missing | 12 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 2162 |
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 | 56.9%235 | 61.4%457 | 61.6%260 | 62.2%262 | 62.9%95 | 7 | 60.9%1309 |
Fairly concerned | 33.4%138 | 32.3%240 | 31.0%131 | 29.2%123 | 29.1%44 | 3 | 31.4%676 |
Not too concerned | 7.5%31 | 5.4%40 | 6.2%26 | 6.7%28 | 6.6%10 | 0 | 6.3%135 |
Not concerned at all | 2.2%9 | 0.9%7 | 1.2%5 | 1.9%8 | 1.3%2 | 1 | 1.4%31 |
Missing | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
Total | 100%413 | 100%744 | 100%422 | 100%421 | 100%151 | 2151 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 59.8%220 | 62.4%421 | 62.8%505 | 54.6%155 | 15 | 61.1%1301 |
Fairly concerned | 30.4%112 | 30.2%204 | 31.0%249 | 37.3%106 | 8 | 31.5%671 |
Not too concerned | 7.1%26 | 6.7%45 | 5.0%40 | 6.7%19 | 5 | 6.1%130 |
Not concerned at all | 2.7%10 | 0.7%5 | 1.2%10 | 1.4%4 | 3 | 1.4%29 |
Missing | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 1 |
Total | 100%368 | 100%675 | 100%804 | 100%284 | 2131 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 55.6%213 | 62.5%443 | 60.5%360 | 63.3%295 | 5 | 60.9%1311 |
Fairly concerned | 32.9%126 | 28.3%201 | 32.8%195 | 32.8%153 | 4 | 31.4%675 |
Not too concerned | 7.8%30 | 7.5%53 | 6.4%38 | 3.0%14 | 0 | 6.3%135 |
Not concerned at all | 3.7%14 | 1.7%12 | 0.3%2 | 0.9%4 | 0 | 1.5%32 |
Missing | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Total | 100%383 | 100%709 | 100%595 | 100%466 | 2153 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 69.5%388 | 56.6%329 | 55.0%365 | 65.2%234 | 0 | 60.9%1316 |
Fairly concerned | 25.4%142 | 35.1%204 | 34.9%232 | 28.1%101 | 0 | 31.4%679 |
Not too concerned | 4.3%24 | 6.7%39 | 7.8%52 | 5.6%20 | 0 | 6.2%135 |
Not concerned at all | 0.7%4 | 1.5%9 | 2.3%15 | 1.1%4 | 0 | 1.5%32 |
Missing | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Total | 100%558 | 100%581 | 100%664 | 100%359 | 2162 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 59.6%620 | 61.9%669 | 27 | 60.7%1289 |
Fairly concerned | 32.5%338 | 30.6%331 | 10 | 31.5%669 |
Not too concerned | 6.7%70 | 5.7%62 | 3 | 6.2%132 |
Not concerned at all | 1.2%13 | 1.8%19 | 0 | 1.5%32 |
Missing | 4 | 6 | 52 | 2 |
Total | 100%1041 | 100%1081 | 2122 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very concerned | 57.8%669 | 64.0%422 | 72.7%40 | 72.2%65 | 120 | 61.0%1196 |
Fairly concerned | 34.1%395 | 28.8%190 | 23.6%13 | 22.2%20 | 61 | 31.5%618 |
Not too concerned | 6.2%72 | 6.7%44 | 3.6%2 | 3.3%3 | 14 | 6.2%121 |
Not concerned at all | 1.8%21 | 0.5%3 | 0.0%0 | 2.2%2 | 6 | 1.3%26 |
Missing | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 1 |
Total | 100%1157 | 100%659 | 100%55 | 100%90 | 1961 |