General Social Survey, 2006

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USINTL Do you think it will be best for the future of this country if we take an active part in world affairs, or if we stay out of world affairs?   1) Active part   2) Stay out   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Active part	887	58.4%	58.4%	-.47
Stay out	573	37.7%	96.2%	.26
Don't know	54	3.6%	99.7%	4.64
No answer	4	.3%	100%	5.37

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Religion Region Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Active part	45.8% 109	54.9% 259	66.1% 302	63.8% 143	57.3% 67	58.4% 880
Stay out	51.3% 122	41.7% 197	30.6% 140	31.3% 70	36.8% 43	37.9% 572
Don't know	2.9% 7	3.4% 16	2.8% 13	4.5% 10	6.0% 7	3.5% 53
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 472	100.0% 457	100.0% 224	100.0% 117	1508

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	Nearly every week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Active part	56.4% 241	60.6% 114	63.2% 117	50.9% 119	62.5% 55	61.8% 239	58.6% 885
Stay out	38.4% 164	37.2% 70	33.0% 61	46.6% 109	35.2% 31	34.1% 132	37.6% 567
Don't know	5.2% 22	2.1% 4	3.2% 6	2.6% 6	2.3% 2	3.6% 14	3.6% 54
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 188	100.0% 185	100.0% 234	100.0% 88	100.0% 387	1509

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Active part	45.0% 112	54.3% 427	60.2% 65	72.8% 174	82.6% 109	58.5% 887
Stay out	47.0% 117	42.3% 333	38.0% 41	24.7% 59	15.2% 20	37.6% 570
Don't know	7.6% 19	3.2% 25	1.9% 2	2.1% 5	2.3% 3	3.6% 54
No answer	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 787	100.0% 108	100.0% 239	100.0% 132	1515

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Active part	61.2% 433	56.0% 454	58.4% 887
Stay out	35.8% 253	39.5% 320	37.7% 573
Don't know	2.4% 17	4.6% 37	3.6% 54
No answer	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 811	1518

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Active part	58.3% 456	55.6% 208	84.6% 22	59.3% 146	66.7% 52	58.7% 884
Stay out	37.9% 296	40.1% 150	15.4% 4	37.8% 93	28.2% 22	37.5% 565
Don't know	3.5% 27	4.3% 16	0.0% 0	2.8% 7	5.1% 4	3.6% 54
No answer	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 782	100.0% 374	100.0% 26	100.0% 246	100.0% 78	1506

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Active part	60.1% 143	53.9% 186	58.7% 352	61.5% 206	58.4% 887
Stay out	38.2% 91	42.0% 145	37.8% 227	32.8% 110	37.7% 573
Don't know	1.7% 4	4.1% 14	3.3% 20	4.8% 16	3.6% 54
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.9% 3	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 345	100.0% 600	100.0% 335	1518

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Active part	61.8% 683	45.2% 98	54.4% 106	58.4% 887
Stay out	34.7% 384	52.5% 114	38.5% 75	37.7% 573
Don't know	3.3% 36	2.3% 5	6.7% 13	3.6% 54
No answer	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1106	100.0% 217	100.0% 195	1518