General Social Survey, 2002

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NEWS How often do you read the newspaper -- every day, a few times a week, once a week, less than once a week, or never?   1) Every day   2) A few times a week   3) Once a week   4) Less than once a week   5) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Every day	369	40.6%	40.6%	-.93
A few times a week	219	24.1%	64.8%	-.2
Once a week	109	12%	76.8%	.53
Less than once a week	121	13.3%	90.1%	1.26
Never	90	9.9%	100%	1.99

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Every day	44.4% 316	23.9% 33	41.1% 349
A few times a week	22.2% 158	32.6% 45	23.9% 203
Once a week	12.2% 87	11.6% 16	12.1% 103
Less than once a week	11.7% 83	21.0% 29	13.2% 112
Never	9.6% 68	10.9% 15	9.8% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 712	100.0% 138	850

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Every day	49.7% 195	53.5% 46	35.2% 45	33.3% 11	26.8% 72	40.6% 369
A few times a week	20.4% 80	12.8% 11	27.3% 35	30.3% 10	30.9% 83	24.1% 219
Once a week	11.7% 46	8.1% 7	8.6% 11	15.2% 5	14.9% 40	12.0% 109
Less than once a week	10.2% 40	12.8% 11	18.8% 24	12.1% 4	15.6% 42	13.3% 121
Never	7.9% 31	12.8% 11	10.2% 13	9.1% 3	11.9% 32	9.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 86	100.0% 128	100.0% 33	100.0% 269	908

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Every day	20.6% 43	37.5% 93	43.2% 120	65.3% 113	40.6% 369
A few times a week	34.4% 72	25.4% 63	23.7% 66	10.4% 18	24.1% 219
Once a week	16.7% 35	12.5% 31	11.5% 32	6.4% 11	12.0% 109
Less than once a week	17.7% 37	16.1% 40	10.4% 29	8.7% 15	13.3% 121
Never	10.5% 22	8.5% 21	11.2% 31	9.2% 16	9.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 248	100.0% 278	100.0% 173	908

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Every day	26.4% 24	33.1% 39	30.5% 18	45.6% 243	40.4% 324
A few times a week	25.3% 23	23.7% 28	28.8% 17	24.0% 128	24.5% 196
Once a week	15.4% 14	18.6% 22	8.5% 5	11.6% 62	12.9% 103
Less than once a week	19.8% 18	10.2% 12	16.9% 10	12.9% 69	13.6% 109
Never	13.2% 12	14.4% 17	15.3% 9	5.8% 31	8.6% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 118	100.0% 59	100.0% 533	801

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Every day	38.4% 91	40.7% 134	43.7% 138	21.7% 5	40.7% 368
A few times a week	25.7% 61	26.4% 87	20.9% 66	21.7% 5	24.2% 219
Once a week	15.2% 36	9.4% 31	12.0% 38	8.7% 2	11.8% 107
Less than once a week	12.7% 30	14.6% 48	12.7% 40	13.0% 3	13.4% 121
Never	8.0% 19	8.8% 29	10.8% 34	34.8% 8	9.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 329	100.0% 316	100.0% 23	905

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Every day	41.6% 195	47.0% 108	53.3% 8	33.3% 38	27.0% 20	0.0% 0	40.9% 369
A few times a week	24.7% 116	20.9% 48	40.0% 6	24.6% 28	25.7% 19	0.0% 0	24.0% 217
Once a week	12.6% 59	10.9% 25	6.7% 1	11.4% 13	13.5% 10	0.0% 0	12.0% 108
Less than once a week	11.7% 55	11.7% 27	0.0% 0	17.5% 20	23.0% 17	0.0% 0	13.2% 119
Never	9.4% 44	9.6% 22	0.0% 0	13.2% 15	10.8% 8	100.0% 1	10.0% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 230	100.0% 15	100.0% 114	100.0% 74	100.0% 1	903

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Every day	35.6% 48	35.2% 178	54.5% 30	57.1% 80	47.1% 33	40.7% 369
A few times a week	17.8% 24	26.5% 134	20.0% 11	22.1% 31	27.1% 19	24.2% 219
Once a week	15.6% 21	13.0% 66	5.5% 3	8.6% 12	10.0% 7	12.0% 109
Less than once a week	14.8% 20	14.2% 72	18.2% 10	9.3% 13	8.6% 6	13.4% 121
Never	16.3% 22	11.1% 56	1.8% 1	2.9% 4	7.1% 5	9.7% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 506	100.0% 55	100.0% 140	100.0% 70	906

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Every day	46.4% 186	36.1% 183	40.6% 369
A few times a week	23.4% 94	24.7% 125	24.1% 219
Once a week	10.7% 43	13.0% 66	12.0% 109
Less than once a week	10.2% 41	15.8% 80	13.3% 121
Never	9.2% 37	10.5% 53	9.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 507	908