General Social Survey, 2004

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INCOME @16 Thinking about the time when you were 16 years old, compared with American families in general then, would you say your family income was -- far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average? (INCOM16)   1) FAR BELOW   2) BELOW AVER   3) AVERAGE   4) ABOVE AVER   5) FAR ABOVE   8) DON'T KNOW   9) NO ANSWER

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
FAR BELOW	237	9.5%	9.5%	-1.63
BELOW AVER	637	25.5%	35%	-.74
AVERAGE	1151	46%	81%	.15
ABOVE AVER	377	15.1%	96.1%	1.03
FAR ABOVE	58	2.3%	98.4%	1.92
DON'T KNOW	35	1.4%	99.8%	4.58
NO ANSWER	5	.2%	100%	5.47

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Church attendance Political ideology Education

Gender (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	9.5% 111	9.5% 126	9.5% 237
BELOW AVER	26.4% 309	24.7% 328	25.5% 637
AVERAGE	43.7% 512	48.1% 639	46.0% 1151
ABOVE AVER	16.2% 190	14.1% 187	15.1% 377
FAR ABOVE	2.6% 30	2.1% 28	2.3% 58
DON'T KNOW	1.5% 17	1.4% 18	1.4% 35
NO ANSWER	0.3% 3	0.2% 2	0.2% 5
Missing	108	204	312
TOTAL	100.0% 1172	100.0% 1328	2500

Race (I-RACE)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	7.1% 141	22.1% 73	12.8% 23	9.5% 237
BELOW AVER	25.1% 499	27.8% 92	25.6% 46	25.5% 637
AVERAGE	48.0% 954	36.9% 122	41.7% 75	46.0% 1151
ABOVE AVER	16.0% 318	9.1% 30	16.1% 29	15.1% 377
FAR ABOVE	2.3% 46	2.7% 9	1.7% 3	2.3% 58
DON'T KNOW	1.4% 27	1.2% 4	2.2% 4	1.4% 35
NO ANSWER	0.2% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	245	46	21	312
TOTAL	100.0% 1989	100.0% 331	100.0% 180	2500

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	9.7% 127	9.0% 53	8.5% 20	10.3% 37	0	9.5% 237
BELOW AVER	26.8% 352	26.1% 153	23.1% 54	20.7% 74	4	25.4% 633
AVERAGE	44.9% 588	48.8% 286	47.0% 110	45.5% 163	4	46.1% 1147
ABOVE AVER	15.3% 200	12.1% 71	18.4% 43	17.0% 61	2	15.1% 375
FAR ABOVE	2.1% 27	1.9% 11	1.7% 4	4.5% 16	0	2.3% 58
DON'T KNOW	1.0% 13	2.0% 12	1.3% 3	2.0% 7	0	1.4% 35
NO ANSWER	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 4
Missing	172	70	24	45	1	312
TOTAL	100.0% 1311	100.0% 586	100.0% 234	100.0% 358	12	2489

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	5.6% 30	9.9% 75	10.8% 94	11.2% 37	1	9.5% 236
BELOW AVER	22.3% 119	22.3% 169	26.5% 231	35.6% 117	1	25.5% 636
AVERAGE	49.3% 263	47.4% 359	45.0% 392	40.4% 133	4	46.0% 1147
ABOVE AVER	18.7% 100	16.8% 127	13.5% 118	9.7% 32	0	15.1% 377
FAR ABOVE	3.4% 18	2.1% 16	2.2% 19	1.2% 4	1	2.3% 57
DON'T KNOW	0.6% 3	1.5% 11	1.7% 15	1.8% 6	0	1.4% 35
NO ANSWER	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 4
Missing	62	52	96	101	1	312
TOTAL	100.0% 534	100.0% 758	100.0% 871	100.0% 329	9	2492

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	11.2% 46	8.6% 75	9.8% 54	9.5% 62	0	9.5% 237
BELOW AVER	22.7% 93	25.1% 219	26.6% 147	26.7% 175	3	25.5% 634
AVERAGE	44.4% 182	46.4% 405	44.2% 244	48.4% 317	3	46.1% 1148
ABOVE AVER	16.3% 67	15.5% 135	17.4% 96	11.8% 77	2	15.1% 375
FAR ABOVE	3.4% 14	2.4% 21	0.9% 5	2.7% 18	0	2.3% 58
DON'T KNOW	2.0% 8	1.7% 15	1.1% 6	0.8% 5	1	1.4% 34
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	2	0.1% 3
Missing	61	93	63	95	0	312
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 872	100.0% 552	100.0% 655	11	2489

Political ideology (I-POLVIEW)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	10.6% 31	8.1% 35	8.3% 37	134	8.8% 103
BELOW AVER	23.3% 68	28.1% 121	27.9% 125	323	26.8% 314
AVERAGE	44.9% 131	47.3% 204	41.3% 185	631	44.4% 520
ABOVE AVER	15.4% 45	12.1% 52	16.7% 75	205	14.7% 172
FAR ABOVE	3.8% 11	2.8% 12	3.6% 16	19	3.3% 39
DON'T KNOW	2.1% 6	1.2% 5	1.8% 8	16	1.6% 19
NO ANSWER	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	1	0.3% 4
Missing	27	66	45	174	312
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 431	100.0% 448	1503	1171

Education (I-DEGREE)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	TOTAL
FAR BELOW	19.0% 58	8.9% 113	7.3% 15	6.6% 30	8.1% 21	9.5% 237
BELOW AVER	31.1% 95	26.9% 343	25.2% 52	18.1% 83	24.8% 64	25.5% 637
AVERAGE	37.7% 115	47.8% 609	47.1% 97	49.3% 226	40.3% 104	46.0% 1151
ABOVE AVER	6.9% 21	13.6% 173	16.0% 33	21.2% 97	20.5% 53	15.1% 377
FAR ABOVE	1.3% 4	1.5% 19	2.4% 5	3.7% 17	5.0% 13	2.3% 58
DON'T KNOW	3.0% 9	1.2% 15	1.5% 3	1.1% 5	1.2% 3	1.4% 35
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	0.1% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Missing	59	162	18	49	23	311
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1273	100.0% 206	100.0% 458	100.0% 258	2500