Life Choices, 1990

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EXPRIND If you personally were unsure what was right or wrong in a particular situation, how important would each of the following be in deciding what to do? Would it be absolutely essential to you, very important, only somewhat important, or not important at all? A. Doing what would make you happy.   1) Absolutely essential   2) Very important   3) Only somewhat important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely essential	325	15.2%	15.2%	-1.63
Very important	969	45.2%	60.4%	-.38
Only somewhat important	714	33.3%	93.7%	.86
Not important at all	136	6.3%	100%	2.11

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
Absolutely essential	21.5% 88	14.9% 111	14.2% 60	13.1% 54	8.3% 12	15.2% 325
Very important	50.2% 206	44.1% 328	41.5% 175	47.5% 196	42.8% 62	45.3% 967
Only somewhat important	25.4% 104	35.2% 262	35.5% 150	33.2% 137	36.6% 53	33.1% 706
Not important at all	2.9% 12	5.8% 43	8.8% 37	6.3% 26	12.4% 18	6.4% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 744	100.0% 422	100.0% 413	100.0% 145	2134

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	20.1% 73	16.8% 113	13.0% 104	10.0% 28	15.0% 318
Very important	48.6% 177	46.6% 313	44.3% 354	38.7% 108	45.0% 952
Only somewhat important	24.7% 90	31.8% 214	36.9% 295	39.8% 111	33.6% 710
Not important at all	6.6% 24	4.8% 32	5.9% 47	11.5% 32	6.4% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 672	100.0% 800	100.0% 279	2115

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	16.1% 61	16.7% 118	16.7% 98	10.4% 48	15.2% 325
Very important	48.0% 182	45.8% 323	44.2% 260	43.0% 199	45.2% 964
Only somewhat important	27.4% 104	31.9% 225	34.0% 200	39.1% 181	33.3% 710
Not important at all	8.4% 32	5.5% 39	5.1% 30	7.6% 35	6.4% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 379	100.0% 705	100.0% 588	100.0% 463	2135

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	17.5% 97	12.6% 72	15.8% 104	14.6% 52	15.2% 325
Very important	49.4% 274	44.5% 255	42.6% 281	44.7% 159	45.2% 969
Only somewhat important	28.3% 157	37.0% 212	33.6% 222	34.6% 123	33.3% 714
Not important at all	4.9% 27	5.9% 34	8.0% 53	6.2% 22	6.3% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 573	100.0% 660	100.0% 356	2144

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	14.6% 151	15.4% 165	15.0% 316
Very important	45.5% 470	44.8% 479	45.1% 949
Only somewhat important	33.3% 344	33.8% 361	33.5% 705
Not important at all	6.7% 69	6.0% 64	6.3% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 1034	100.0% 1069	2103

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	15.0% 172	13.8% 91	20.0% 11	15.7% 14	14.8% 288
Very important	41.8% 478	50.8% 334	43.6% 24	43.8% 39	45.0% 875
Only somewhat important	36.2% 414	30.4% 200	23.6% 13	37.1% 33	33.9% 660
Not important at all	7.0% 80	5.0% 33	12.7% 7	3.4% 3	6.3% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 1144	100.0% 658	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	1946