General Social Survey, 2004

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SPDEG Highest educational degree of respondent's spouse   0) Less than high school   1) High school   2) Associate/Junior college   3) Bachelor's   4) Graduate   7) Not applicable   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less than high school	156	5.5%	5.5%	-1.52
High school	733	26.1%	31.6%	-1.16
Associate/Junior college	115	4.1%	35.7%	-.81
Bachelor's	292	10.4%	46.1%	-.45
Graduate	173	6.2%	52.2%	-.09
Not applicable	1333	47.4%	99.6%	.99
Don't know	5	.2%	99.8%	1.34
No answer	5	.2%	100%	1.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Less than high school	3.5% 21	4.8% 39	5.4% 52	10.2% 44	5.6% 156
High school	16.4% 98	26.5% 215	31.2% 302	26.7% 115	26.0% 730
Associate/Junior college	3.0% 18	5.6% 45	4.3% 42	2.3% 10	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	6.5% 39	14.3% 116	11.3% 109	6.0% 26	10.3% 290
Graduate	2.9% 17	7.7% 62	7.7% 74	4.7% 20	6.2% 173
Not applicable	67.1% 400	40.7% 330	39.9% 386	49.5% 213	47.4% 1329
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0.2% 5
No answer	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 596	100.0% 810	100.0% 967	100.0% 430	2803

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than high school	5.2% 66	5.9% 90	5.5% 156
High school	26.9% 344	25.4% 389	26.1% 733
Associate/Junior college	5.2% 66	3.2% 49	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	11.3% 144	9.7% 148	10.4% 292
Graduate	5.5% 71	6.7% 102	6.2% 173
Not applicable	45.5% 582	49.0% 751	47.4% 1333
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.1% 2	0.2% 5
No answer	0.3% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1280	100.0% 1532	2812

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Less than high school	18.4% 67	5.3% 76	3.1% 7	0.2% 1	1.8% 5	5.5% 156
High school	19.2% 70	33.2% 476	19.6% 44	21.1% 107	12.5% 35	26.0% 732
Associate/Junior college	1.4% 5	3.5% 50	8.0% 18	4.5% 23	6.8% 19	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	0.3% 1	5.3% 76	10.7% 24	25.0% 127	22.8% 64	10.4% 292
Graduate	0.3% 1	2.5% 36	6.7% 15	11.6% 59	22.1% 62	6.2% 173
Not applicable	59.1% 215	50.1% 719	51.3% 115	37.1% 188	34.2% 96	47.4% 1333
Don't know	0.8% 3	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
No answer	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 1435	100.0% 224	100.0% 507	100.0% 281	2811

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Less than high school	3.8% 12	7.2% 36	4.5% 22	5.3% 70
High school	16.9% 54	26.4% 131	30.0% 148	25.4% 333
Associate/Junior college	3.8% 12	3.0% 15	4.9% 24	3.9% 51
Bachelor's	9.1% 29	7.0% 35	13.2% 65	9.9% 129
Graduate	7.5% 24	4.6% 23	5.9% 29	5.8% 76
Not applicable	58.6% 187	51.3% 255	41.4% 204	49.4% 646
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 497	100.0% 493	1309

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Less than high school	10.5% 156	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.5% 156
High school	49.6% 733	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	26.1% 733
Associate/Junior college	7.8% 115	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	19.7% 292	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.4% 292
Graduate	11.7% 173	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.2% 173
Not applicable	0.0% 0	100.0% 204	100.0% 415	100.0% 95	100.0% 619	47.4% 1333
Don't know	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
No answer	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1479	100.0% 204	100.0% 415	100.0% 95	100.0% 619	2812

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Less than high school	5.2% 117	5.3% 20	9.5% 19	5.5% 156
High school	28.3% 633	16.7% 63	18.4% 37	26.1% 733
Associate/Junior college	4.3% 97	2.7% 10	4.0% 8	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	10.8% 242	5.3% 20	14.9% 30	10.4% 292
Graduate	6.5% 145	2.9% 11	8.5% 17	6.2% 173
Not applicable	44.4% 992	66.8% 252	44.3% 89	47.4% 1333
Don't know	0.1% 3	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.2% 5
No answer	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2234	100.0% 377	100.0% 201	2812

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Less than high school	6.0% 89	6.9% 45	0.0% 0	2.5% 10	5.9% 12	5.6% 156
High school	28.5% 423	26.1% 171	12.7% 7	20.1% 81	22.7% 46	26.0% 728
Associate/Junior college	3.4% 51	5.3% 35	1.8% 1	5.0% 20	3.9% 8	4.1% 115
Bachelor's	10.0% 148	11.9% 78	18.2% 10	7.2% 29	12.8% 26	10.4% 291
Graduate	5.7% 85	6.6% 43	20.0% 11	5.5% 22	4.9% 10	6.1% 171
Not applicable	45.9% 681	43.1% 283	47.3% 26	59.6% 240	48.8% 99	47.5% 1329
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.2% 5
No answer	0.2% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1483	100.0% 656	100.0% 55	100.0% 403	100.0% 203	2800