General Social Survey, 2002

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ADHDMED Should children be given medication to treat ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	595	65.7%	65.7%	-.43
No	249	27.5%	93.2%	.14
Don't know	57	6.3%	99.4%	3.52
No answer	5	.6%	100%	4.09

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Yes	66.0% 491	62.4% 68	65.5% 559
No	27.3% 203	28.4% 31	27.4% 234
Don't know	6.3% 47	7.3% 8	6.4% 55
No answer	0.4% 3	1.8% 2	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 744	100.0% 109	853

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	67.0% 295	64.7% 44	69.6% 112	48.1% 13	62.4% 131	65.7% 595
No	26.8% 118	23.5% 16	23.0% 37	33.3% 9	32.9% 69	27.5% 249
Don't know	5.5% 24	11.8% 8	6.8% 11	18.5% 5	4.3% 9	6.3% 57
No answer	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 68	100.0% 161	100.0% 27	100.0% 210	906

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	59.9% 118	63.4% 182	69.2% 200	71.4% 95	65.7% 595
No	34.0% 67	31.0% 89	24.2% 70	17.3% 23	27.5% 249
Don't know	5.6% 11	5.2% 15	5.9% 17	10.5% 14	6.3% 57
No answer	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.8% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 287	100.0% 289	100.0% 133	906

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Yes	54.1% 40	71.4% 70	59.6% 34	67.2% 401	66.0% 545
No	39.2% 29	23.5% 23	35.1% 20	26.5% 158	27.8% 230
Don't know	6.8% 5	4.1% 4	5.3% 3	5.7% 34	5.6% 46
No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 98	100.0% 57	100.0% 597	826

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Yes	67.5% 324	69.8% 155	52.9% 9	56.2% 73	58.5% 31	100.0% 1	65.7% 593
No	26.9% 129	24.3% 54	29.4% 5	32.3% 42	35.8% 19	0.0% 0	27.6% 249
Don't know	5.0% 24	5.4% 12	17.6% 3	10.8% 14	5.7% 3	0.0% 0	6.2% 56
No answer	0.6% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 480	100.0% 222	100.0% 17	100.0% 130	100.0% 53	100.0% 1	903

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	64.6% 53	65.9% 311	66.3% 55	64.6% 115	66.7% 60	65.6% 594
No	30.5% 25	28.0% 132	26.5% 22	27.0% 48	24.4% 22	27.5% 249
Don't know	3.7% 3	5.7% 27	6.0% 5	7.9% 14	8.9% 8	6.3% 57
No answer	1.2% 1	0.4% 2	1.2% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 472	100.0% 83	100.0% 178	100.0% 90	905

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	64.8% 217	66.2% 378	65.7% 595
No	30.1% 101	25.9% 148	27.5% 249
Don't know	3.9% 13	7.7% 44	6.3% 57
No answer	1.2% 4	0.2% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 571	906