Generation Next Survey, 2006

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I-POLITICS (Weighted by WEIGHT) In general, would you describe your political views as very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, or very liberal? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Very conservative   2) Conservative   3) Moderate   4) Liberal   5) Very liberal

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very conservative	179	6.5%	6.5%
Conservative	786	28.6%	35.1%
Moderate	1207	44%	79.1%
Liberal	435	15.8%	94.9%
Very liberal	139	5.1%	100%
Missing	257	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Religion Church attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-25	26-98	Missing	TOTAL
Very conservative	4.6% 18	6.8% 159	1	6.5% 177
Conservative	25.4% 100	29.3% 681	4	28.7% 781
Moderate	40.6% 160	44.2% 1028	18	43.7% 1188
Liberal	22.6% 89	14.9% 346	0	16.0% 435
Very liberal	6.9% 27	4.8% 112	0	5.1% 139
Missing	48	207	0	255
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 2326	23	2720

Education (I-EDUC)

	None, or grade 1-8	High school incomplete	High school graduate	Technical, trade, or vocational school AFTER high school	Some college	College graduate	Missing	TOTAL
Very conservative	16.9% 10	14.6% 37	7.2% 70	2.7% 2	4.6% 27	4.2% 33	0	6.5% 179
Conservative	25.4% 15	27.2% 69	32.3% 315	30.1% 22	27.7% 164	25.8% 201	0	28.8% 786
Moderate	32.2% 19	33.1% 84	42.4% 413	37.0% 27	48.2% 286	46.9% 366	13	43.7% 1195
Liberal	3.4% 2	22.8% 58	13.1% 128	21.9% 16	16.2% 96	17.2% 134	0	15.9% 434
Very liberal	22.0% 13	2.4% 6	4.9% 48	8.2% 6	3.4% 20	5.9% 46	0	5.1% 139
Missing	25	39	116	4	46	26	0	256
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 254	100.0% 974	100.0% 73	100.0% 593	100.0% 780	13	2733

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very conservative	7.5% 97	5.7% 82	6.5% 179
Conservative	30.4% 395	27.0% 390	28.6% 785
Moderate	42.8% 557	45.0% 650	44.0% 1207
Liberal	13.8% 179	17.7% 256	15.8% 435
Very liberal	5.5% 72	4.6% 67	5.1% 139
Missing	131	126	257
TOTAL	100.0% 1300	100.0% 1445	2745

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very conservative	7.9% 119	3.1% 9	11.4% 8	7.5% 18	4.0% 25	0	6.5% 179
Conservative	31.5% 476	24.9% 72	27.1% 19	29.3% 70	23.8% 149	0	28.7% 786
Moderate	43.4% 655	48.1% 139	24.3% 17	51.0% 122	41.7% 261	14	43.7% 1194
Liberal	13.0% 197	17.6% 51	15.7% 11	10.9% 26	24.1% 151	0	15.9% 436
Very liberal	4.2% 63	6.2% 18	21.4% 15	1.3% 3	6.4% 40	0	5.1% 139
Missing	94	45	1	42	72	0	254
TOTAL	100.0% 1510	100.0% 289	100.0% 70	100.0% 239	100.0% 626	14	2734

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Jewish	Mormon (include Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)	Other religion	No religion, not a believer, atheist, agnostic	Missing	TOTAL
Very conservative	7.9% 108	6.6% 50	5.6% 3	17.8% 13	3.8% 5	0.3% 1	0	6.7% 180
Conservative	33.9% 463	25.9% 197	9.3% 5	38.4% 28	17.7% 23	19.7% 63	7	28.8% 779
Moderate	42.5% 580	43.2% 329	57.4% 31	39.7% 29	56.9% 74	42.3% 135	28	43.6% 1178
Liberal	13.0% 177	18.9% 144	22.2% 12	1.4% 1	9.2% 12	25.4% 81	8	15.8% 427
Very liberal	2.6% 36	5.4% 41	5.6% 3	2.7% 2	12.3% 16	12.2% 39	2	5.1% 137
Missing	138	38	0	1	6	51	0	234
TOTAL	100.0% 1364	100.0% 761	100.0% 54	100.0% 73	100.0% 130	100.0% 319	45	2701

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	Missing	TOTAL
Very conservative	15.7% 51	8.2% 55	5.9% 26	6.5% 35	0.8% 3	2.8% 10	0	6.6% 180
Conservative	36.4% 118	33.6% 226	33.3% 147	25.7% 138	24.8% 97	16.2% 58	1	28.8% 784
Moderate	38.9% 126	43.0% 289	40.5% 179	44.1% 237	46.0% 180	49.0% 176	20	43.6% 1187
Liberal	6.8% 22	12.4% 83	14.0% 62	18.1% 97	22.8% 89	22.6% 81	1	15.9% 434
Very liberal	2.2% 7	2.8% 19	6.3% 28	5.6% 30	5.6% 22	9.5% 34	0	5.1% 140
Missing	45	23	19	46	25	68	0	226
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 672	100.0% 442	100.0% 537	100.0% 391	100.0% 359	22	2725

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	TOTAL
Very conservative	100.0% 179	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 179
Conservative	0.0% 0	100.0% 786	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.6% 786
Moderate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1207	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	44.0% 1207
Liberal	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 435	0.0% 0	15.8% 435
Very liberal	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 139	5.1% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 786	100.0% 1207	100.0% 435	100.0% 139	2746