Life Choices, 1990 - Analysis
ISCHOOL
How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? D. School courses
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Very important | 498 | 22.9% | 22.9% | -1.36 |
2) Fairly important | 687 | 31.6% | 54.5% | -0.41 |
3) Not too important | 542 | 24.9% | 79.4% | 0.54 |
4) Not at all important | 447 | 20.6% | 100.0% | 1.49 |
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 important | 35.1%145 | 24.3%182 | 19.3%82 | 15.4%65 | 14.1%22 | 2 | 22.9%496 |
Fairly important | 36.3%150 | 36.8%275 | 34.4%146 | 23.2%98 | 10.3%16 | 2 | 31.7%685 |
Not too important | 17.4%72 | 24.6%184 | 27.4%116 | 28.2%119 | 30.1%47 | 4 | 24.9%538 |
Not at all important | 11.1%46 | 14.3%107 | 18.9%80 | 33.2%140 | 45.5%71 | 3 | 20.5%444 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100%413 | 100%748 | 100%424 | 100%422 | 100%156 | 2163 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Once a month or less | Once a week or less | Several times a week | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 20.8%77 | 22.3%151 | 24.4%197 | 25.1%72 | 1 | 23.2%497 |
Fairly important | 33.2%123 | 35.7%241 | 29.0%234 | 27.9%80 | 9 | 31.7%678 |
Not too important | 21.0%78 | 24.0%162 | 26.9%217 | 25.1%72 | 13 | 24.7%529 |
Not at all important | 25.1%93 | 18.0%122 | 19.8%160 | 22.0%63 | 9 | 20.4%438 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Total | 100%371 | 100%676 | 100%808 | 100%287 | 2142 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college/trade/technical school | College graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 20.7%81 | 25.7%183 | 26.2%156 | 16.5%77 | 1 | 23.0%497 |
Fairly important | 21.7%85 | 30.6%218 | 35.1%209 | 36.9%172 | 3 | 31.6%684 |
Not too important | 27.3%107 | 23.9%170 | 22.9%136 | 27.5%128 | 1 | 25.0%541 |
Not at all important | 30.4%119 | 19.8%141 | 15.8%94 | 19.1%89 | 4 | 20.5%443 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 100%392 | 100%712 | 100%595 | 100%466 | 2165 |
Region (I-REGION)
East | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 22.9%128 | 21.4%125 | 25.1%169 | 21.2%76 | 0 | 22.9%498 |
Fairly important | 35.5%199 | 33.3%194 | 28.0%188 | 29.5%106 | 0 | 31.6%687 |
Not too important | 24.6%138 | 25.4%148 | 24.4%164 | 25.6%92 | 0 | 24.9%542 |
Not at all important | 17.0%95 | 19.9%116 | 22.5%151 | 23.7%85 | 0 | 20.6%447 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%560 | 100%583 | 100%672 | 100%359 | 2174 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 22.5%235 | 23.4%254 | 9 | 22.9%489 |
Fairly important | 32.2%336 | 31.3%340 | 11 | 31.7%676 |
Not too important | 25.1%262 | 24.4%265 | 15 | 24.7%527 |
Not at all important | 20.3%212 | 21.0%228 | 7 | 20.6%440 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Total | 100%1045 | 100%1087 | 2132 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 23.4%272 | 23.7%157 | 16.4%9 | 31.1%28 | 32 | 23.6%466 |
Fairly important | 30.8%359 | 33.6%223 | 34.5%19 | 23.3%21 | 65 | 31.5%622 |
Not too important | 24.1%281 | 25.9%172 | 29.1%16 | 15.6%14 | 59 | 24.5%483 |
Not at all important | 21.6%252 | 16.7%111 | 20.0%11 | 30.0%27 | 46 | 20.3%401 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 |
Total | 100%1164 | 100%663 | 100%55 | 100%90 | 1972 |