General Social Survey, 2002

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WIDOWED Have you ever been widowed?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	56	3.1%	3.1%	-5.6
No	1754	96.9%	100%	.18

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	2.9% 43	3.9% 8	3.0% 51
No	97.1% 1433	96.1% 196	97.0% 1629
TOTAL	100.0% 1476	100.0% 204	1680

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	2.9% 37	0.00% 0	3.8% 17	2.1% 2	0.00% 0	3.1% 56
No	97.1% 1232	0.00% 0	96.2% 428	97.9% 94	0.00% 0	96.9% 1754
TOTAL	100.0% 1269	100.0% 0	100.0% 445	100.0% 96	100.0% 0	1810

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	3.2% 23	10.7% 30	3.1% 56
No	100.0% 214	99.5% 591	96.8% 698	89.3% 251	96.9% 1754
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 594	100.0% 721	100.0% 281	1810

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	7.5% 8	5.3% 9	0.9% 1	2.5% 31	3.0% 49
No	92.5% 99	94.7% 162	99.1% 112	97.5% 1209	97.0% 1582
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 171	100.0% 113	100.0% 1240	1631

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	1.4% 3	3.2% 11	3.6% 11	0.0% 0	2.9% 25
No	98.6% 206	96.8% 330	96.4% 294	100.0% 12	97.1% 842
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 341	100.0% 305	100.0% 12	867

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	3.1% 31	3.2% 14	9.4% 3	2.0% 4	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.1% 56
No	96.9% 955	96.8% 430	90.6% 29	98.0% 201	96.9% 126	100.0% 1	96.9% 1742
TOTAL	100.0% 986	100.0% 444	100.0% 32	100.0% 205	100.0% 130	100.0% 1	1798

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	6.2% 13	3.1% 30	0.6% 1	2.3% 7	3.0% 5	3.1% 56
No	93.8% 198	96.9% 945	99.4% 155	97.7% 295	97.0% 160	96.9% 1753
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 975	100.0% 156	100.0% 302	100.0% 165	1809

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	2.7% 23	3.4% 33	3.1% 56
No	97.3% 814	96.6% 940	96.9% 1754
TOTAL	100.0% 837	100.0% 973	1810