General Social Survey, 2004

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AMENGLSH How important for being truly American does respondent consider the following...To be able to speak English   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Not very important   4) Not important at all   8) Can't choose   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	1011	83.1%	83.1%	-.36
Fairly important	166	13.7%	96.8%	1.28
Not very important	28	2.3%	99.1%	2.91
Not important at all	8	.7%	99.8%	4.55
Can't choose	2	.2%	99.9%	11.1
No answer	1	.1%	100%	12.73

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	79.6% 214	81.9% 281	84.2% 363	88.4% 152	83.1% 1010
Fairly important	17.5% 47	15.2% 52	11.8% 51	9.3% 16	13.7% 166
Not very important	1.9% 5	2.0% 7	2.8% 12	2.3% 4	2.3% 28
Not important at all	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 343	100.0% 431	100.0% 172	1215

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	80.2% 430	85.4% 581	83.1% 1011
Fairly important	15.1% 81	12.5% 85	13.7% 166
Not very important	3.2% 17	1.6% 11	2.3% 28
Not important at all	1.1% 6	0.3% 2	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 536	100.0% 680	1216

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Very important	85.2% 115	86.8% 528	89.4% 93	75.5% 188	72.5% 87	83.1% 1011
Fairly important	11.1% 15	11.0% 67	9.6% 10	20.1% 50	20.0% 24	13.7% 166
Not very important	1.5% 2	1.3% 8	1.0% 1	3.6% 9	6.7% 8	2.3% 28
Not important at all	1.5% 2	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 608	100.0% 104	100.0% 249	100.0% 120	1216

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Very important	85.9% 553	86.3% 69	79.2% 145	78.6% 33	79.0% 211	83.1% 1011
Fairly important	11.8% 76	11.3% 9	15.8% 29	14.3% 6	17.2% 46	13.7% 166
Not very important	2.0% 13	1.3% 1	3.3% 6	4.8% 2	2.2% 6	2.3% 28
Not important at all	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	2.4% 1	1.1% 3	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.2% 1	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 644	100.0% 80	100.0% 183	100.0% 42	100.0% 267	1216

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	82.1% 798	89.7% 148	82.3% 65	83.1% 1011
Fairly important	14.5% 141	7.9% 13	15.2% 12	13.7% 166
Not very important	2.6% 25	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 28
Not important at all	0.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 972	100.0% 165	100.0% 79	1216

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very important	83.9% 528	87.2% 251	90.6% 29	77.1% 131	74.2% 69	83.2% 1008
Fairly important	13.0% 82	11.1% 32	6.3% 2	18.2% 31	19.4% 18	13.6% 165
Not very important	2.7% 17	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	3.5% 6	3.2% 3	2.3% 28
Not important at all	0.2% 1	1.0% 3	3.1% 1	1.2% 2	1.1% 1	0.7% 8
Can't choose	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.2% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 629	100.0% 288	100.0% 32	100.0% 170	100.0% 93	1212