General Social Survey, 2004

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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   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	402	23.9%	23.9%	-1.47
No	1278	75.9%	99.8%	.43
No answer	3	.2%	100%	13.76

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	5.6% 11	22.7% 111	32.9% 209	19.9% 71	24.0% 402
No	93.9% 184	76.9% 376	67.1% 426	80.1% 286	75.8% 1272
No answer	0.5% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 489	100.0% 635	100.0% 357	1677

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	23.9% 177	23.9% 225	23.9% 402
No	75.7% 560	76.1% 718	75.9% 1278
No answer	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 740	100.0% 943	1683

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	28.9% 59	26.3% 214	18.7% 23	18.9% 64	20.8% 42	23.9% 402
No	70.6% 144	73.7% 601	80.5% 99	80.8% 273	79.2% 160	75.9% 1277
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 204	100.0% 815	100.0% 123	100.0% 338	100.0% 202	1682

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	23.4% 36	23.2% 69	25.7% 81	24.3% 186
No	76.0% 117	76.8% 228	74.3% 234	75.6% 579
No answer	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 297	100.0% 315	766

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	23.9% 354	23.5% 48	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	23.9% 402
No	75.9% 1122	76.5% 156	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	75.9% 1278
No answer	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1479	100.0% 204	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1683

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	24.6% 349	25.0% 37	13.6% 16	23.9% 402
No	75.2% 1065	75.0% 111	86.4% 102	75.9% 1278
No answer	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1417	100.0% 148	100.0% 118	1683

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	25.9% 242	16.5% 69	18.2% 6	25.3% 45	33.6% 37	23.8% 399
No	74.0% 691	83.3% 349	81.8% 27	74.2% 132	66.4% 73	76.0% 1272
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 419	100.0% 33	100.0% 178	100.0% 110	1674