General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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RELSP1 Relationship of first person to spouse?   0) Inapplicable   2) Spouse   3) Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.   98) Don't know   99) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	2106	43%	43%	-.27
Spouse	2371	48.4%	91.3%	.08
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	407	8.3%	99.7%	.25
Don't know	7	.1%	99.8%	16.55
No answer	10	.2%	100%	16.72

Variable Comparisons

Sex Political ideology Age Region Religion Race Worship attendance

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	38.3% 817	46.5% 1289	43.0% 2106
Spouse	52.7% 1122	45.1% 1249	48.4% 2371
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	8.7% 185	8.0% 222	8.3% 407
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.2% 5	0.1% 7
No answer	0.2% 5	0.2% 5	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 2131	100.0% 2770	4901

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Extremely conservative or conservative	TOTAL
Inapplicable	49.2% 378	42.1% 249	44.6% 778	42.8% 290	34.2% 331	42.6% 2026
Spouse	38.4% 295	47.9% 283	46.2% 806	51.1% 346	60.3% 584	48.7% 2314
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	11.7% 90	10.0% 59	9.0% 157	5.6% 38	5.3% 51	8.3% 395
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 7
No answer	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 769	100.0% 591	100.0% 1746	100.0% 677	100.0% 969	4752

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	TOTAL
Inapplicable	48.2% 353	33.9% 443	41.6% 599	44.5% 415	62.5% 278	43.0% 2088
Spouse	33.7% 247	54.7% 715	51.4% 741	52.1% 486	36.0% 160	48.4% 2349
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	17.6% 129	11.1% 145	6.7% 97	3.0% 28	1.6% 7	8.4% 406
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 7
No answer	0.3% 2	0.2% 2	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 1306	100.0% 1441	100.0% 932	100.0% 445	4857

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Inapplicable	45.0% 368	41.3% 476	43.4% 812	42.4% 449	43.0% 2105
Spouse	46.5% 380	50.5% 582	47.8% 893	48.7% 516	48.4% 2371
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	8.3% 68	8.1% 93	8.2% 154	8.7% 92	8.3% 407
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.1% 7
No answer	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 6	0.2% 2	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1870	100.0% 1059	4900

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	43.1% 1062	39.5% 440	43.3% 39	45.8% 380	45.0% 166	42.9% 2087
Spouse	49.7% 1225	51.2% 570	48.9% 44	42.3% 351	45.5% 168	48.4% 2358
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	6.8% 167	9.2% 102	7.8% 7	11.7% 97	8.9% 33	8.3% 406
Don't know	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 7
No answer	0.2% 4	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.5% 2	0.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2465	100.0% 1113	100.0% 90	100.0% 830	100.0% 369	4867

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	39.4% 1489	63.1% 453	40.3% 164	43.0% 2106
Spouse	52.5% 1981	25.6% 184	50.6% 206	48.4% 2371
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	7.9% 300	10.0% 72	8.6% 35	8.3% 407
Don't know	0.1% 3	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.1% 7
No answer	0.1% 3	0.7% 5	0.5% 2	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 3776	100.0% 718	100.0% 407	4901

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	Once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Inapplicable	47.2% 674	43.6% 282	43.1% 223	38.9% 296	39.6% 82	40.6% 383	43.1% 1940
Spouse	40.9% 584	45.7% 296	47.3% 245	52.2% 397	50.7% 105	55.6% 524	47.8% 2151
Partner, fiance, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.	11.9% 170	10.5% 68	9.5% 49	8.3% 63	7.7% 16	3.4% 32	8.8% 398
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 6
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.0% 2	0.4% 4	0.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 647	100.0% 518	100.0% 761	100.0% 207	100.0% 943	4504