Life Choices, 1990

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AUTHORIT 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? C. Following the advice of an expert or authority figure.   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	169	7.9%	7.9%	-1.94
Very important	999	46.6%	54.5%	-.61
Only somewhat important	807	37.6%	92.1%	.72
Not important at all	170	7.9%	100%	2.06

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	8.0% 33	6.7% 50	8.6% 36	8.7% 36	8.9% 13	7.9% 168
Very important	49.2% 203	45.6% 338	47.6% 200	45.4% 189	44.5% 65	46.6% 995
Only somewhat important	36.8% 152	39.3% 291	36.9% 155	37.3% 155	34.2% 50	37.6% 803
Not important at all	6.1% 25	8.4% 62	6.9% 29	8.7% 36	12.3% 18	8.0% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 741	100.0% 420	100.0% 416	100.0% 146	2136

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	9.0% 33	6.3% 42	9.3% 74	7.1% 20	8.0% 169
Very important	42.3% 155	48.7% 326	47.9% 383	44.6% 125	46.7% 989
Only somewhat important	35.8% 131	38.4% 257	36.5% 292	39.6% 111	37.4% 791
Not important at all	12.8% 47	6.7% 45	6.4% 51	8.6% 24	7.9% 167
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 670	100.0% 800	100.0% 280	2116

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	10.5% 40	8.5% 60	7.8% 46	4.8% 22	7.9% 168
Very important	45.3% 172	46.0% 324	46.7% 275	48.6% 225	46.6% 996
Only somewhat important	32.9% 125	37.6% 265	40.1% 236	38.2% 177	37.6% 803
Not important at all	11.3% 43	7.8% 55	5.4% 32	8.4% 39	7.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 380	100.0% 704	100.0% 589	100.0% 463	2136

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	8.3% 46	4.6% 26	8.9% 59	10.7% 38	7.9% 169
Very important	48.3% 268	47.1% 269	45.2% 300	45.5% 162	46.6% 999
Only somewhat important	38.7% 215	39.2% 224	37.0% 245	34.6% 123	37.6% 807
Not important at all	4.7% 26	9.1% 52	8.9% 59	9.3% 33	7.9% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 571	100.0% 663	100.0% 356	2145

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	8.7% 90	6.6% 70	7.6% 160
Very important	49.2% 510	44.1% 471	46.6% 981
Only somewhat important	35.5% 368	40.2% 429	37.9% 797
Not important at all	6.6% 68	9.2% 98	7.9% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 1036	100.0% 1068	2104

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	8.2% 94	8.2% 54	5.5% 3	6.7% 6	8.1% 157
Very important	46.6% 534	49.3% 325	40.0% 22	41.1% 37	47.1% 918
Only somewhat important	37.1% 425	36.6% 241	47.3% 26	38.9% 35	37.3% 727
Not important at all	8.0% 92	5.9% 39	7.3% 4	13.3% 12	7.5% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 659	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1949