General Social Survey, 2006

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DIVORCE IF CURRENTLY MARRIED OR WIDOWED: Have you ever been divorced or legally separated?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	665	26.2%	26.2%	-1.31
No	1870	73.6%	99.7%	.42
Don't know	1	0%	99.8%	10.82
No answer	6	.2%	100%	12.55

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
Yes	8.3% 18	19.5% 148	35.7% 275	33.3% 162	19.8% 60	26.2% 663
No	91.7% 198	80.4% 610	64.2% 494	66.5% 323	79.9% 242	73.7% 1867
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 216	100.0% 759	100.0% 770	100.0% 486	100.0% 303	2534

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
Yes	29.5% 180	33.3% 100	29.5% 85	24.8% 96	19.1% 27	22.0% 177	26.3% 665
No	70.3% 429	66.3% 199	70.5% 203	75.2% 291	80.9% 114	77.6% 625	73.5% 1861
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
No answer	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 300	100.0% 288	100.0% 387	100.0% 141	100.0% 805	2531

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	27.2% 107	29.4% 362	27.0% 55	19.1% 89	21.1% 52	26.2% 665
No	72.3% 285	70.4% 867	73.0% 149	80.4% 374	78.9% 195	73.6% 1870
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.5% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 1231	100.0% 204	100.0% 465	100.0% 247	2541

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	24.1% 262	27.7% 403	26.2% 665
No	75.5% 821	72.1% 1049	73.6% 1870
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
No answer	0.5% 5	0.1% 1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1088	100.0% 1454	2542

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	30.8% 427	17.6% 120	14.3% 7	25.4% 78	29.4% 30	26.2% 662
No	69.1% 959	82.3% 561	85.7% 42	73.9% 227	70.6% 72	73.6% 1861
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 682	100.0% 49	100.0% 307	100.0% 102	2528

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	20.2% 82	22.9% 138	28.9% 282	29.2% 163	26.2% 665
No	79.8% 323	76.8% 463	71.0% 692	70.1% 392	73.6% 1870
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.7% 4	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 603	100.0% 975	100.0% 559	2542

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	28.0% 558	30.0% 68	12.1% 39	26.2% 665
No	71.7% 1429	70.0% 159	87.6% 282	73.6% 1870
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1993	100.0% 227	100.0% 322	2542