General Social Survey, 1978

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RELIG What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion?   1) Protestant   2) Catholic   3) Jewish   4) None   5) Other   99) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	979	63.9%	63.9%	-.16
Catholic	384	25.1%	89%	.04
Jewish	29	1.9%	90.9%	.23
None	119	7.8%	98.6%	.43
Other	17	1.1%	99.7%	.63
No answer	4	.3%	100%	19.2

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Protestant	57.2% 255	62.1% 265	65.5% 205	71.4% 172	79.6% 78	63.9% 975
Catholic	26.5% 118	27.2% 116	26.2% 82	22.4% 54	14.3% 14	25.2% 384
Jewish	1.1% 5	2.1% 9	1.6% 5	2.9% 7	2.0% 2	1.8% 28
None	13.0% 58	8.0% 34	4.8% 15	2.9% 7	4.1% 4	7.7% 118
Other	2.2% 10	0.7% 3	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	61.6% 396	65.6% 583	63.9% 979
Catholic	23.2% 149	26.4% 235	25.1% 384
Jewish	2.6% 17	1.3% 12	1.9% 29
None	10.7% 69	5.6% 50	7.8% 119
Other	1.7% 11	0.7% 6	1.1% 17
No answer	0.2% 1	0.3% 3	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Protestant	71.9% 338	61.9% 498	57.1% 24	55.6% 84	56.5% 35	64.0% 979
Catholic	21.7% 102	27.7% 223	23.8% 10	23.8% 36	21.0% 13	25.1% 384
Jewish	0.9% 4	1.5% 12	2.4% 1	4.6% 7	6.5% 4	1.8% 28
None	5.3% 25	7.2% 58	14.3% 6	14.6% 22	12.9% 8	7.8% 119
Other	0.2% 1	1.4% 11	2.4% 1	1.3% 2	3.2% 2	1.1% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	61.3% 833	89.2% 141	31.3% 5	63.9% 979
Catholic	27.2% 369	5.1% 8	43.8% 7	25.1% 384
Jewish	2.1% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 29
None	8.1% 110	4.4% 7	12.5% 2	7.8% 119
Other	1.0% 13	1.3% 2	12.5% 2	1.1% 17
No answer	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 979	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	64.1% 979
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 384	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.1% 384
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 29
None	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 119	0.0% 0	7.8% 119
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 17	1.1% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 979	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 119	100.0% 17	1528

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	59.2% 358	61.8% 343	76.5% 273	30.0% 3	64.0% 977
Catholic	30.4% 184	24.1% 134	17.4% 62	40.0% 4	25.1% 384
Jewish	2.8% 17	1.6% 9	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 29
None	7.1% 43	10.5% 58	4.5% 16	10.0% 1	7.7% 118
Other	0.5% 3	1.8% 10	0.6% 2	20.0% 2	1.1% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Protestant	41.2% 138	62.3% 276	84.3% 423	56.3% 142	63.9% 979
Catholic	44.8% 150	31.4% 139	9.6% 48	18.7% 47	25.1% 384
Jewish	5.4% 18	0.0% 0	1.2% 6	2.0% 5	1.9% 29
None	6.6% 22	5.2% 23	4.4% 22	20.6% 52	7.8% 119
Other	1.8% 6	0.9% 4	0.4% 2	2.0% 5	1.1% 17
No answer	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 443	100.0% 502	100.0% 252	1532

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Protestant	49.0% 117	68.3% 349	71.5% 254	61.4% 259	64.1% 979
Catholic	12.6% 30	21.1% 108	25.6% 91	36.7% 155	25.1% 384
Jewish	2.1% 5	3.7% 19	0.8% 3	0.5% 2	1.9% 29
None	35.6% 85	5.1% 26	0.6% 2	0.7% 3	7.6% 116
Other	0.8% 2	1.6% 8	1.4% 5	0.5% 2	1.1% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527