General Social Survey, 1978

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GENDER1 Age of the head of household   1) Male   2) Female

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Male	1168	76.2%	76.2%	-.56
Female	364	23.8%	100%	1.79

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
Male	77.4% 345	81.5% 348	81.8% 256	70.1% 169	46.9% 46	76.3% 1164
Female	22.6% 101	18.5% 79	18.2% 57	29.9% 72	53.1% 52	23.7% 361
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Male	97.2% 625	61.1% 543	76.2% 1168
Female	2.8% 18	38.9% 346	23.8% 364
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Male	70.4% 331	78.9% 634	76.2% 32	78.8% 119	80.6% 50	76.3% 1166
Female	29.6% 139	21.1% 170	23.8% 10	21.2% 32	19.4% 12	23.7% 363
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Male	77.7% 1055	63.9% 101	75.0% 12	76.2% 1168
Female	22.3% 303	36.1% 57	25.0% 4	23.8% 364
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Male	75.4% 738	77.3% 297	79.3% 23	79.0% 94	76.5% 13	76.2% 1165
Female	24.6% 241	22.7% 87	20.7% 6	21.0% 25	23.5% 4	23.8% 363
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
Male	74.9% 453	77.7% 431	75.6% 270	100.0% 10	76.2% 1164
Female	25.1% 152	22.3% 124	24.4% 87	0.0% 0	23.8% 363
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Male	79.4% 266	76.3% 338	76.3% 383	71.8% 181	76.2% 1168
Female	20.6% 69	23.7% 105	23.7% 119	28.2% 71	23.8% 364
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
Male	74.5% 178	78.5% 401	73.0% 259	77.0% 325	76.2% 1163
Female	25.5% 61	21.5% 110	27.0% 96	23.0% 97	23.8% 364
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527