General Social Survey, 2006

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WIDOWED IF CURRENTLY MARRIED, SEPARATED, OR DIVORCED: Have you ever been widowed?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	80	2.6%	2.6%	-2.44
No	2975	97.1%	99.7%	.01
Don't know	1	0%	99.7%	14.76
No answer	8	.3%	100%	17.21

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	0.0% 0	1.2% 12	2.1% 23	4.3% 24	13.5% 21	2.6% 80
No	100.0% 254	98.6% 1003	97.8% 1047	95.3% 526	86.5% 134	97.2% 2964
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 254	100.0% 1017	100.0% 1071	100.0% 552	100.0% 155	3049

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	2.7% 22	2.3% 9	1.8% 6	2.0% 9	2.9% 5	3.4% 29	2.6% 80
No	97.1% 805	97.5% 384	98.2% 336	98.0% 450	97.1% 165	96.4% 827	97.2% 2967
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 829	100.0% 394	100.0% 342	100.0% 459	100.0% 170	100.0% 858	3052

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	4.2% 18	2.5% 38	3.4% 9	2.0% 11	1.4% 4	2.6% 80
No	95.4% 413	97.3% 1472	96.6% 255	97.5% 545	98.6% 289	97.1% 2974
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.5% 2	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 1513	100.0% 264	100.0% 559	100.0% 293	3062

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	2.6% 36	2.7% 44	2.6% 80
No	97.0% 1362	97.2% 1613	97.1% 2975
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1404	100.0% 1660	3064

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	2.8% 46	2.8% 21	0.0% 0	2.1% 9	2.9% 4	2.6% 80
No	97.1% 1616	97.2% 738	100.0% 51	97.2% 423	97.1% 135	97.2% 2963
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1664	100.0% 759	100.0% 51	100.0% 435	100.0% 139	3048

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	1.6% 7	3.3% 24	2.6% 31	2.6% 18	2.6% 80
No	98.2% 425	96.6% 701	97.2% 1175	96.8% 674	97.1% 2975
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.6% 4	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 726	100.0% 1209	100.0% 696	3064

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	2.7% 64	1.6% 5	2.7% 11	2.6% 80
No	97.0% 2276	98.1% 304	96.8% 395	97.1% 2975
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 1
No answer	0.3% 6	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 2346	100.0% 310	100.0% 408	3064