Generation Next Survey, 2006

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REGION (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Region
  1) Northeast
  2) Midwest
  3) South
  4) West

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Northeast 591 19.7% 19.7%
Midwest 689 23% 42.7%
South 1061 35.3% 78%
West 661 22% 100%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-25 26-98 Missing TOTAL
Northeast 18.8%
83
20.0%
507

1
19.8%
590
Midwest 22.2%
98
23.0%
583

8
22.9%
681
South 35.7%
158
35.3%
895

8
35.4%
1053
West 23.3%
103
21.6%
548

9
21.9%
651
TOTAL 100.0%
442
100.0%
2533

26

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
Northeast 9.8%
8
7.2%
21
19.4%
211
36.4%
28
21.3%
136
23.0%
185

2
19.7%
589
Midwest 29.3%
24
19.1%
56
26.8%
292
23.4%
18
21.4%
137
20.0%
161

0
23.0%
688
South 37.8%
31
43.3%
127
34.5%
376
33.8%
26
31.5%
201
37.0%
298

3
35.5%
1059
West 23.2%
19
30.4%
89
19.3%
210
6.5%
5
25.8%
165
20.1%
162

10
21.8%
650
TOTAL 100.0%
82
100.0%
293
100.0%
1089
100.0%
77
100.0%
639
100.0%
806

15

2986


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Northeast 18.0%
257
21.3%
334
19.7%
591
Midwest 26.1%
373
20.1%
316
23.0%
689
South 35.2%
504
35.5%
557
35.3%
1061
West 20.8%
297
23.2%
364
22.0%
661
TOTAL 100.0%
1431
100.0%
1571

3002


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Northeast 18.2%
291
17.5%
58
15.5%
11
17.1%
48
25.4%
177

6
19.6%
585
Midwest 23.6%
379
22.0%
73
18.3%
13
26.0%
73
21.6%
151

0
23.1%
689
South 38.8%
622
26.8%
89
43.7%
31
37.4%
105
30.7%
214

0
35.5%
1061
West 19.4%
311
33.7%
112
22.5%
16
19.6%
55
22.3%
156

11
21.8%
650
TOTAL 100.0%
1603
100.0%
332
100.0%
71
100.0%
281
100.0%
698

17

2985


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
Northeast 11.9%
178
32.0%
255
43.6%
24
13.7%
10
32.4%
44
18.6%
69

10
19.8%
580
Midwest 25.4%
381
20.8%
166
9.1%
5
8.2%
6
16.2%
22
26.7%
99

9
23.2%
679
South 43.6%
654
24.4%
195
29.1%
16
16.4%
12
18.4%
25
33.4%
124

35
35.0%
1026
West 19.1%
287
22.8%
182
18.2%
10
61.6%
45
33.1%
45
21.3%
79

13
22.1%
648
TOTAL 100.0%
1500
100.0%
798
100.0%
55
100.0%
73
100.0%
136
100.0%
371

67

2933


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
Northeast 19.1%
70
17.7%
123
21.6%
100
20.6%
120
20.8%
86
18.2%
78

15
19.6%
577
Midwest 20.7%
76
22.9%
159
21.4%
99
22.6%
132
27.8%
115
22.2%
95

12
22.9%
676
South 47.7%
175
37.3%
259
35.7%
165
34.0%
198
28.7%
119
30.6%
131

14
35.5%
1047
West 12.5%
46
22.2%
154
21.2%
98
22.8%
133
22.7%
94
29.0%
124

12
22.0%
649
TOTAL 100.0%
367
100.0%
695
100.0%
462
100.0%
583
100.0%
414
100.0%
428

53

2949


Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Very conservative Conservative Moderate Liberal Very liberal Missing TOTAL
Northeast 17.9%
32
15.5%
122
21.8%
263
19.5%
85
27.3%
38

52
19.7%
540
Midwest 22.3%
40
21.6%
170
22.9%
276
25.5%
111
19.4%
27

65
22.7%
624
South 43.6%
78
40.1%
315
34.7%
419
31.0%
135
20.1%
28

86
35.5%
975
West 16.2%
29
22.8%
179
20.6%
249
24.1%
105
33.1%
46

54
22.1%
608
TOTAL 100.0%
179
100.0%
786
100.0%
1207
100.0%
436
100.0%
139

257

2747