General Social Survey, 2002

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ADVCFRND When you want to learn how to do something new with your software and you need advice on how to do it do the people you can ask for advice include: -- a close, personal friend?   1) Yes   2) No   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	402	64.5%	64.5%	-.42
No	174	27.9%	92.5%	.06
No answer	47	7.5%	100%	3.42

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	64.9% 329	58.1% 43	64.0% 372
No	28.8% 146	24.3% 18	28.2% 164
No answer	6.3% 32	17.6% 13	7.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 507	100.0% 74	581

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	56.5% 182	71.4% 10	71.0% 71	61.5% 8	75.3% 131	64.5% 402
No	36.6% 118	14.3% 2	21.0% 21	38.5% 5	16.1% 28	27.9% 174
No answer	6.8% 22	14.3% 2	8.0% 8	0.0% 0	8.6% 15	7.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 14	100.0% 100	100.0% 13	100.0% 174	623

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	74.1% 129	61.5% 134	62.2% 120	50.0% 19	64.5% 402
No	19.5% 34	32.1% 70	30.1% 58	31.6% 12	27.9% 174
No answer	6.3% 11	6.4% 14	7.8% 15	18.4% 7	7.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 218	100.0% 193	100.0% 38	623

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	68.2% 30	61.0% 25	73.7% 28	65.0% 297	65.5% 380
No	25.0% 11	24.4% 10	21.1% 8	28.9% 132	27.8% 161
No answer	6.8% 3	14.6% 6	5.3% 2	6.1% 28	6.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 41	100.0% 38	100.0% 457	580

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	59.8% 189	66.3% 106	70.0% 7	74.2% 72	79.4% 27	0.00% 0	65.0% 401
No	32.3% 102	28.1% 45	30.0% 3	19.6% 19	11.8% 4	0.00% 0	28.0% 173
No answer	7.9% 25	5.6% 9	0.0% 0	6.2% 6	8.8% 3	0.00% 0	7.0% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 160	100.0% 10	100.0% 97	100.0% 34	100.0% 0	617

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	61.3% 19	61.6% 191	64.4% 47	64.7% 90	78.6% 55	64.5% 402
No	25.8% 8	30.3% 94	31.5% 23	25.9% 36	18.6% 13	27.9% 174
No answer	12.9% 4	8.1% 25	4.1% 3	9.4% 13	2.9% 2	7.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 310	100.0% 73	100.0% 139	100.0% 70	623

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	66.7% 172	63.0% 230	64.5% 402
No	24.8% 64	30.1% 110	27.9% 174
No answer	8.5% 22	6.8% 25	7.5% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 365	623