General Social Survey, 2002

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DIVORCE Asked only of those who are currently married or widowed: Have you ever been divorced or legally separated?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	361	23.8%	23.8%	-1.79
No	1155	76.2%	100%	.56

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	24.8% 316	19.0% 29	24.2% 345
No	75.2% 957	81.0% 124	75.8% 1081
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 153	1426

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	23.7% 301	24.3% 60	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	23.8% 361
No	76.3% 968	75.7% 187	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	76.2% 1155
TOTAL	100.0% 1269	100.0% 247	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1516

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	9.1% 15	20.0% 85	33.5% 178	21.0% 83	23.8% 361
No	90.9% 149	80.0% 341	66.5% 353	79.0% 312	76.2% 1155
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 426	100.0% 531	100.0% 395	1516

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	25.6% 22	25.0% 32	21.3% 16	23.8% 249	23.9% 319
No	74.4% 64	75.0% 96	78.7% 59	76.2% 798	76.1% 1017
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 128	100.0% 75	100.0% 1047	1336

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	25.0% 40	28.2% 77	23.6% 67	16.7% 2	25.5% 186
No	75.0% 120	71.8% 196	76.4% 217	83.3% 10	74.5% 543
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 273	100.0% 284	100.0% 12	729

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	27.1% 237	16.3% 63	15.4% 4	28.3% 39	17.9% 15	0.00% 0	23.7% 358
No	72.9% 638	83.7% 323	84.6% 22	71.7% 99	82.1% 69	0.00% 0	76.3% 1151
TOTAL	100.0% 875	100.0% 386	100.0% 26	100.0% 138	100.0% 84	100.0% 0	1509

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	24.7% 54	25.6% 202	23.3% 27	20.5% 51	18.2% 26	23.8% 360
No	75.3% 165	74.4% 586	76.7% 89	79.5% 198	81.8% 117	76.2% 1155
TOTAL	100.0% 219	100.0% 788	100.0% 116	100.0% 249	100.0% 143	1515

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	26.4% 174	21.8% 187	23.8% 361
No	73.6% 485	78.2% 670	76.2% 1155
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 857	1516