Life Choices, 1990

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AUTEXPER What, in your opinion, is the most believable authority in matters of truth? Your own personal experience (see note 5 on the ARDA summary page)   0) Not selected   1) Selected

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not selected	1270	58.4%	58.4%	-.84
Selected	904	41.6%	100%	1.18

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Not selected	53.3% 220	53.2% 398	56.8% 241	66.4% 280	78.8% 123	58.3% 1262
Selected	46.7% 193	46.8% 350	43.2% 183	33.6% 142	21.2% 33	41.7% 901
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Not selected	41.0% 152	48.5% 328	65.2% 527	84.7% 243	58.4% 1250
Selected	59.0% 219	51.5% 348	34.8% 281	15.3% 44	41.6% 892
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Not selected	67.3% 264	61.0% 434	52.9% 315	53.9% 251	58.4% 1264
Selected	32.7% 128	39.0% 278	47.1% 280	46.1% 215	41.6% 901
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not selected	54.3% 304	59.7% 348	67.1% 451	46.5% 167	58.4% 1270
Selected	45.7% 256	40.3% 235	32.9% 221	53.5% 192	41.6% 904
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Not selected	56.6% 591	60.4% 657	58.5% 1248
Selected	43.4% 454	39.6% 430	41.5% 884
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Not selected	63.5% 739	56.7% 376	36.4% 20	58.9% 53	60.2% 1188
Selected	36.5% 425	43.3% 287	63.6% 35	41.1% 37	39.8% 784
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972