Forgiveness Survey, 1999

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G_IMPORT How important is this group to you personally?   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Fairly important   4) Not very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	587	42.6%	42.6%	-.99
Very important	561	40.7%	83.2%	.32
Fairly important	210	15.2%	98.5%	1.63
Not very important	21	1.5%	100%	2.94

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	42.1% 93	43.0% 205	44.6% 181	40.5% 96	42.9% 575
Very important	38.9% 86	41.1% 196	40.6% 165	40.5% 96	40.5% 543
Fairly important	16.7% 37	14.3% 68	14.0% 57	17.7% 42	15.2% 204
Not very important	2.3% 5	1.7% 8	0.7% 3	1.3% 3	1.4% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 477	100.0% 406	100.0% 237	1341

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	TOTAL
Extremely important	36.9% 38	48.0% 134	51.0% 185	39.7% 23	36.3% 124	35.5% 83	42.6% 587
Very important	48.5% 50	35.5% 99	37.5% 136	46.6% 27	44.4% 152	41.5% 97	40.7% 561
Fairly important	12.6% 13	15.4% 43	11.0% 40	12.1% 7	17.8% 61	19.7% 46	15.2% 210
Not very important	1.9% 2	1.1% 3	0.6% 2	1.7% 1	1.5% 5	3.4% 8	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 279	100.0% 363	100.0% 58	100.0% 342	100.0% 234	1379

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	45.2% 385	38.3% 202	42.6% 587
Very important	39.4% 336	42.7% 225	40.7% 561
Fairly important	14.3% 122	16.7% 88	15.2% 210
Not very important	1.1% 9	2.3% 12	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 527	1379

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single/never been married	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Don’t know	Refused	TOTAL
Extremely important	36.4% 79	44.6% 371	42.3% 11	41.2% 54	44.3% 66	100.0% 1	20.8% 5	42.6% 587
Very important	41.5% 90	40.3% 335	46.2% 12	42.7% 56	36.9% 55	0.0% 0	54.2% 13	40.7% 561
Fairly important	20.3% 44	13.8% 115	7.7% 2	13.7% 18	17.4% 26	0.0% 0	20.8% 5	15.2% 210
Not very important	1.8% 4	1.2% 10	3.8% 1	2.3% 3	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.2% 1	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 831	100.0% 26	100.0% 131	100.0% 149	100.0% 1	100.0% 24	1379

Race (I-RACE)

	Other	White	Black	Hispanic	Missing	TOTAL
Extremely important	37.9% 25	42.0% 456	49.7% 88	43.2% 16	14.3% 2	42.6% 587
Very important	48.5% 32	40.0% 434	37.9% 67	48.6% 18	71.4% 10	40.7% 561
Fairly important	10.6% 7	16.4% 178	12.4% 22	2.7% 1	14.3% 2	15.2% 210
Not very important	3.0% 2	1.6% 17	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 1085	100.0% 177	100.0% 37	100.0% 14	1379

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prot	Catholic	EvanLuth	Jewish	Mormon	Muslim	TOTAL
Extremely important	43.0% 311	42.7% 90	42.3% 30	23.9% 11	52.3% 23	39.3% 11	42.4% 476
Very important	42.7% 309	36.0% 76	36.6% 26	52.2% 24	43.2% 19	42.9% 12	41.5% 466
Fairly important	13.4% 97	18.5% 39	21.1% 15	23.9% 11	4.5% 2	7.1% 2	14.8% 166
Not very important	0.8% 6	2.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	1.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 723	100.0% 211	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 44	100.0% 28	1123