Generation Next Survey, 2006

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TIMEZONE (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Time zone
  1) Eastern
  2) Central
  3) Mountain
  4) Pacific

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Eastern 1448 48.2% 48.2%
Central 882 29.4% 77.6%
Mountain 164 5.5% 83.1%
Pacific 508 16.9% 100%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-25 26-98 Missing TOTAL
Eastern 45.9%
203
49.0%
1240

6
48.5%
1443
Central 29.9%
132
29.1%
738

12
29.2%
870
Mountain 8.1%
36
5.1%
128

0
5.5%
164
Pacific 16.1%
71
16.9%
427

9
16.7%
498
TOTAL 100.0%
442
100.0%
2533

27

2975


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
Eastern 47.6%
39
31.4%
92
47.8%
521
61.8%
47
50.3%
321
52.5%
423

5
48.3%
1443
Central 26.8%
22
37.9%
111
32.5%
354
31.6%
24
23.5%
150
27.3%
220

0
29.5%
881
Mountain 3.7%
3
16.4%
48
2.9%
32
0.0%
0
6.0%
38
5.2%
42

0
5.5%
163
Pacific 22.0%
18
14.3%
42
16.8%
183
6.6%
5
20.2%
129
15.0%
121

10
16.7%
498
TOTAL 100.0%
82
100.0%
293
100.0%
1090
100.0%
76
100.0%
638
100.0%
806

15

2985


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Eastern 46.0%
659
50.3%
789
48.2%
1448
Central 33.0%
473
26.1%
409
29.4%
882
Mountain 4.3%
62
6.5%
102
5.5%
164
Pacific 16.6%
238
17.2%
270
16.9%
508
TOTAL 100.0%
1432
100.0%
1570

3002


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Eastern 47.3%
758
45.0%
150
52.1%
37
48.2%
136
51.9%
361

6
48.3%
1442
Central 33.2%
532
20.7%
69
25.4%
18
30.9%
87
25.4%
177

0
29.6%
883
Mountain 3.9%
63
6.9%
23
2.8%
2
8.5%
24
7.0%
49

3
5.4%
161
Pacific 15.6%
251
27.3%
91
19.7%
14
12.4%
35
15.7%
109

8
16.7%
500
TOTAL 100.0%
1604
100.0%
333
100.0%
71
100.0%
282
100.0%
696

17

2986


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
Eastern 44.3%
664
52.7%
421
73.6%
39
28.4%
21
51.5%
70
53.5%
198

35
48.2%
1413
Central 36.1%
542
24.4%
195
9.4%
5
10.8%
8
16.2%
22
24.9%
92

20
29.5%
864
Mountain 3.3%
50
6.1%
49
1.9%
1
35.1%
26
12.5%
17
3.8%
14

5
5.4%
157
Pacific 16.3%
244
16.8%
134
15.1%
8
25.7%
19
19.9%
27
17.8%
66

8
17.0%
498
TOTAL 100.0%
1500
100.0%
799
100.0%
53
100.0%
74
100.0%
136
100.0%
370

68

2932


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
Eastern 54.8%
201
43.4%
301
50.8%
234
47.4%
277
48.2%
200
50.0%
214

22
48.4%
1427
Central 32.2%
118
33.9%
235
28.0%
129
29.6%
173
28.7%
119
21.0%
90

19
29.3%
864
Mountain 5.2%
19
6.6%
46
4.1%
19
3.4%
20
8.0%
33
5.4%
23

3
5.4%
160
Pacific 7.9%
29
16.1%
112
17.1%
79
19.5%
114
15.2%
63
23.6%
101

9
16.9%
498
TOTAL 100.0%
367
100.0%
694
100.0%
461
100.0%
584
100.0%
415
100.0%
428

53

2949


Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Very conservative Conservative Moderate Liberal Very liberal Missing TOTAL
Eastern 46.4%
83
47.1%
370
48.2%
582
52.3%
228
43.2%
60

125
48.1%
1323
Central 37.4%
67
29.5%
232
30.6%
370
23.6%
103
23.7%
33

78
29.3%
805
Mountain 1.7%
3
6.6%
52
4.8%
58
6.0%
26
8.6%
12

14
5.5%
151
Pacific 14.5%
26
16.8%
132
16.4%
198
18.1%
79
24.5%
34

40
17.1%
469
TOTAL 100.0%
179
100.0%
786
100.0%
1208
100.0%
436
100.0%
139

257

2748