General Social Survey, 2004

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DEGREE

HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL DEGREE EARNED BY RESPONDENT (DEGREE)
  0) NOT H.S.
  1) HIGH SCH.
  2) JR. COL.
  3) B.A.
  4) GRAD. DEG.
  8) DON'T KNOW

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
NOT H.S. 364 12.9% 12.9% -1.33
HIGH SCH. 1435 51% 64% -.51
JR. COL. 224 8% 71.9% .32
B.A. 507 18% 90% 1.14
GRAD. DEG. 281 10% 100% 1.97
DON'T KNOW 1 0% 100% 5.27

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-SEX)

MALE FEMALE TOTAL
NOT H.S. 13.9%
178
12.1%
186
12.9%
364
HIGH SCH. 47.5%
608
54.0%
827
51.0%
1435
JR. COL. 7.5%
96
8.4%
128
8.0%
224
B.A. 19.4%
248
16.9%
259
18.0%
507
GRAD. DEG. 11.7%
150
8.6%
131
10.0%
281
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.1%
1
0.0%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
1280
100.0%
1532

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Race (I-RACE)

WHITE BLACK OTHER TOTAL
NOT H.S. 11.5%
258
18.0%
68
18.9%
38
12.9%
364
HIGH SCH. 51.1%
1141
56.2%
212
40.8%
82
51.0%
1435
JR. COL. 7.6%
169
10.9%
41
7.0%
14
8.0%
224
B.A. 19.0%
424
9.8%
37
22.9%
46
18.0%
507
GRAD. DEG. 10.8%
241
5.0%
19
10.4%
21
10.0%
281
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
2234
100.0%
377
100.0%
201

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

PROTESTANT CATHOLIC OTHER NONE Missing TOTAL
NOT H.S. 13.1%
195
13.4%
88
8.5%
22
14.4%
58

1
13.0%
363
HIGH SCH. 53.7%
796
50.0%
328
44.6%
115
47.4%
191

5
51.1%
1430
JR. COL. 8.1%
120
9.0%
59
7.8%
20
5.7%
23

2
7.9%
222
B.A. 16.3%
242
18.0%
118
24.8%
64
19.6%
79

4
18.0%
503
GRAD. DEG. 8.8%
130
9.5%
62
14.3%
37
12.9%
52

0
10.0%
281
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
0.0%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
1483
100.0%
656
100.0%
258
100.0%
403

12

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Age (I-AGE)

18-30 31-44 45-64 65+ Missing TOTAL
NOT H.S. 12.1%
72
9.6%
78
12.2%
118
22.1%
95

1
13.0%
363
HIGH SCH. 57.2%
341
47.9%
388
49.1%
475
52.6%
226

5
51.0%
1430
JR. COL. 8.2%
49
9.5%
77
8.6%
83
3.3%
14

1
8.0%
223
B.A. 17.4%
104
22.2%
180
17.2%
166
13.0%
56

1
18.1%
506
GRAD. DEG. 5.0%
30
10.6%
86
12.9%
125
9.1%
39

1
10.0%
280
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.1%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
0.0%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
596
100.0%
810
100.0%
967
100.0%
430

9

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Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

NEVER < 1 A MNTH < 1 A WEEK WEEKLY + Missing TOTAL
NOT H.S. 18.0%
85
11.3%
109
13.7%
84
11.3%
85

1
13.0%
363
HIGH SCH. 52.7%
248
52.1%
503
50.2%
309
49.6%
372

3
51.1%
1432
JR. COL. 5.9%
28
8.1%
78
8.5%
52
8.4%
63

3
7.9%
221
B.A. 14.6%
69
18.9%
182
17.6%
108
19.3%
145

3
18.0%
504
GRAD. DEG. 8.7%
41
9.6%
93
9.9%
61
11.3%
85

1
10.0%
280
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.0%
0

0
0.0%
1
TOTAL 100.0%
471
100.0%
965
100.0%
615
100.0%
750

11

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Political ideology (I-POLVIEW)

LIBERAL MODERATE CONSERV Missing TOTAL
NOT H.S. 11.0%
35
15.9%
79
10.1%
50

200
12.5%
164
HIGH SCH. 47.6%
152
59.2%
294
47.7%
235

754
52.0%
681
JR. COL. 7.2%
23
6.8%
34
10.8%
53

114
8.4%
110
B.A. 18.5%
59
11.3%
56
21.1%
104

288
16.7%
219
GRAD. DEG. 15.7%
50
6.8%
34
10.3%
51

146
10.3%
135
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

1
0.0%
0
TOTAL 100.0%
319
100.0%
497
100.0%
493

1503

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Education (I-DEGREE)

LESS HS HS DEGREE JR COLL BA DEGREE GRAD DEGRE Missing TOTAL
NOT H.S. 100.0%
364
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
12.9%
364
HIGH SCH. 0.0%
0
100.0%
1435
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
51.0%
1435
JR. COL. 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
224
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
8.0%
224
B.A. 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
507
0.0%
0

0
18.0%
507
GRAD. DEG. 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
281

0
10.0%
281
DON'T KNOW 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

1
0.0%
0
TOTAL 100.0%
364
100.0%
1435
100.0%
224
100.0%
507
100.0%
281

1

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