General Social Survey, 2006

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JOBPROMO Would you please look at this card and tell me which one thing on this list you would most prefer in a job? D. Chances for advancement   1) Most   2) Next   3) Third   4) Fourth   5) Fifth   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most	283	18.6%	18.6%	-1.25
Next	439	28.9%	47.6%	-.56
Third	352	23.2%	70.8%	.14
Fourth	265	17.5%	88.2%	.83
Fifth	159	10.5%	98.7%	1.53
No answer	20	1.3%	100%	4.31

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
Most	26.5% 63	19.5% 92	16.0% 73	15.2% 34	17.1% 20	18.7% 282
Next	24.8% 59	27.5% 130	27.4% 125	33.5% 75	41.9% 49	29.0% 438
Third	25.2% 60	23.1% 109	21.9% 100	25.9% 58	17.9% 21	23.1% 348
Fourth	16.4% 39	18.0% 85	20.1% 92	14.7% 33	12.8% 15	17.5% 264
Fifth	6.7% 16	11.0% 52	13.6% 62	8.0% 18	7.7% 9	10.4% 157
No answer	0.4% 1	0.8% 4	1.1% 5	2.7% 6	2.6% 3	1.3% 19
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
Most	16.6% 71	18.1% 34	24.3% 45	16.7% 39	22.7% 20	18.9% 73	18.7% 282
Next	26.7% 114	29.3% 55	27.6% 51	29.9% 70	28.4% 25	31.5% 122	29.0% 437
Third	24.8% 106	25.5% 48	22.2% 41	26.1% 61	20.5% 18	19.9% 77	23.3% 351
Fourth	19.7% 84	16.0% 30	17.8% 33	17.1% 40	11.4% 10	17.3% 67	17.5% 264
Fifth	11.2% 48	9.6% 18	7.0% 13	9.0% 21	13.6% 12	11.6% 45	10.4% 157
No answer	0.9% 4	1.6% 3	1.1% 2	1.3% 3	3.4% 3	0.8% 3	1.2% 18
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
Most	26.9% 67	19.1% 150	16.7% 18	14.2% 34	10.6% 14	18.7% 283
Next	29.3% 73	30.0% 236	22.2% 24	31.4% 75	22.7% 30	28.9% 438
Third	22.5% 56	23.3% 183	24.1% 26	20.9% 50	27.3% 36	23.2% 351
Fourth	13.7% 34	16.6% 131	17.6% 19	19.7% 47	25.8% 34	17.5% 265
Fifth	5.2% 13	9.9% 78	18.5% 20	12.6% 30	12.9% 17	10.4% 158
No answer	2.4% 6	1.1% 9	0.9% 1	1.3% 3	0.8% 1	1.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 787	100.0% 108	100.0% 239	100.0% 132	1515

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most	19.9% 141	17.5% 142	18.6% 283
Next	26.3% 186	31.2% 253	28.9% 439
Third	25.3% 179	21.3% 173	23.2% 352
Fourth	17.0% 120	17.9% 145	17.5% 265
Fifth	10.3% 73	10.6% 86	10.5% 159
No answer	1.1% 8	1.5% 12	1.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 811	1518

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Most	19.4% 152	20.6% 77	11.5% 3	13.8% 34	17.9% 14	18.6% 280
Next	29.0% 227	30.5% 114	26.9% 7	24.4% 60	37.2% 29	29.0% 437
Third	23.1% 181	22.7% 85	26.9% 7	25.6% 63	17.9% 14	23.2% 350
Fourth	17.1% 134	15.8% 59	19.2% 5	22.0% 54	16.7% 13	17.6% 265
Fifth	9.6% 75	9.6% 36	15.4% 4	14.2% 35	10.3% 8	10.5% 158
No answer	1.7% 13	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 16
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
Most	14.7% 35	19.7% 68	19.5% 117	18.8% 63	18.6% 283
Next	23.5% 56	28.7% 99	29.8% 179	31.3% 105	28.9% 439
Third	25.2% 60	22.9% 79	22.7% 136	23.0% 77	23.2% 352
Fourth	20.6% 49	18.3% 63	16.0% 96	17.0% 57	17.5% 265
Fifth	15.5% 37	9.3% 32	10.3% 62	8.4% 28	10.5% 159
No answer	0.4% 1	1.2% 4	1.7% 10	1.5% 5	1.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 345	100.0% 600	100.0% 335	1518

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Most	14.9% 165	26.3% 57	31.3% 61	18.6% 283
Next	28.8% 319	28.6% 62	29.7% 58	28.9% 439
Third	23.5% 260	24.9% 54	19.5% 38	23.2% 352
Fourth	18.8% 208	14.3% 31	13.3% 26	17.5% 265
Fifth	12.5% 138	4.6% 10	5.6% 11	10.5% 159
No answer	1.4% 16	1.4% 3	0.5% 1	1.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1106	100.0% 217	100.0% 195	1518