Life Choices, 1990

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UTILIND 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? B. Doing what would improve your situation or get you ahead.   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	273	12.8%	12.8%	-1.66
Very important	1053	49.3%	62.1%	-.42
Only somewhat important	636	29.8%	91.9%	.83
Not important at all	174	8.1%	100%	2.08

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	19.5% 80	13.0% 96	11.4% 48	8.2% 34	9.8% 14	12.8% 272
Very important	50.7% 208	49.1% 363	51.9% 218	49.2% 203	39.2% 56	49.3% 1048
Only somewhat important	25.4% 104	30.9% 229	27.4% 115	33.2% 137	33.6% 48	29.8% 633
Not important at all	4.4% 18	7.0% 52	9.3% 39	9.4% 39	17.5% 25	8.1% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 740	100.0% 420	100.0% 413	100.0% 143	2126

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	15.2% 55	14.0% 94	12.4% 99	8.4% 23	12.9% 271
Very important	53.2% 193	52.8% 354	48.4% 386	37.5% 103	49.2% 1036
Only somewhat important	25.9% 94	27.0% 181	31.7% 253	36.4% 100	29.8% 628
Not important at all	5.8% 21	6.3% 42	7.5% 60	17.8% 49	8.2% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 671	100.0% 798	100.0% 275	2107

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	14.4% 54	13.7% 97	13.2% 77	9.8% 45	12.8% 273
Very important	52.4% 197	50.1% 354	48.2% 282	46.3% 213	49.2% 1046
Only somewhat important	23.9% 90	28.3% 200	31.6% 185	34.6% 159	29.8% 634
Not important at all	9.3% 35	7.8% 55	7.0% 41	9.3% 43	8.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 376	100.0% 706	100.0% 585	100.0% 460	2127

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	12.8% 71	10.1% 58	14.2% 93	14.5% 51	12.8% 273
Very important	53.5% 297	51.2% 293	44.7% 294	48.0% 169	49.3% 1053
Only somewhat important	26.7% 148	31.6% 181	31.2% 205	29.0% 102	29.8% 636
Not important at all	7.0% 39	7.0% 40	9.9% 65	8.5% 30	8.1% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 572	100.0% 657	100.0% 352	2136

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	13.6% 140	11.5% 122	12.5% 262
Very important	50.0% 515	48.8% 520	49.4% 1035
Only somewhat important	28.8% 297	30.9% 329	29.9% 626
Not important at all	7.6% 78	8.8% 94	8.2% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 1030	100.0% 1065	2095

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	11.3% 129	14.0% 92	14.5% 8	18.0% 16	12.6% 245
Very important	48.6% 553	51.7% 341	54.5% 30	37.1% 33	49.3% 957
Only somewhat important	31.2% 355	27.5% 181	20.0% 11	34.8% 31	29.8% 578
Not important at all	8.9% 101	6.8% 45	10.9% 6	10.1% 9	8.3% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 1138	100.0% 659	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	1941