Life Choices, 1990

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BIBLICAL 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? E. Doing what God or scripture tells you is right.   1) Absolutely essential   2) Very important   3) Only somewhat important   4) Not important at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely essential	697	32.5%	32.5%	-1.12
Very important	828	38.6%	71.1%	-.06
Only somewhat important	416	19.4%	90.4%	.99
Not important at all	205	9.6%	100%	2.05

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	31.7% 129	27.0% 199	34.2% 144	35.6% 149	47.4% 72	32.5% 693
Very important	33.9% 138	40.2% 296	37.8% 159	41.4% 173	37.5% 57	38.5% 823
Only somewhat important	22.6% 92	22.8% 168	19.5% 82	13.9% 58	9.9% 15	19.4% 415
Not important at all	11.8% 48	10.0% 74	8.6% 36	9.1% 38	5.3% 8	9.6% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 737	100.0% 421	100.0% 418	100.0% 152	2135

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	15.7% 57	18.8% 126	40.0% 321	66.3% 189	32.7% 693
Very important	28.9% 105	39.7% 266	44.3% 356	31.2% 89	38.5% 816
Only somewhat important	25.3% 92	29.4% 197	14.2% 114	2.1% 6	19.3% 409
Not important at all	30.0% 109	12.1% 81	1.5% 12	0.4% 1	9.6% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 670	100.0% 803	100.0% 285	2121

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	45.2% 175	33.2% 235	32.5% 189	20.4% 94	32.4% 693
Very important	36.7% 142	42.7% 302	36.3% 211	36.4% 168	38.5% 823
Only somewhat important	12.1% 47	18.5% 131	21.6% 126	24.3% 112	19.5% 416
Not important at all	5.9% 23	5.5% 39	9.6% 56	18.9% 87	9.6% 205
TOTAL	100.0% 387	100.0% 707	100.0% 582	100.0% 461	2137

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	21.9% 121	27.7% 159	48.9% 326	25.9% 91	32.5% 697
Very important	43.1% 238	41.0% 236	36.0% 240	32.4% 114	38.6% 828
Only somewhat important	24.6% 136	22.3% 128	10.9% 73	22.4% 79	19.4% 416
Not important at all	10.3% 57	9.0% 52	4.2% 28	19.3% 68	9.6% 205
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 575	100.0% 667	100.0% 352	2146

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	30.4% 314	34.5% 370	32.5% 684
Very important	38.6% 398	38.2% 410	38.4% 808
Only somewhat important	20.3% 209	18.9% 203	19.6% 412
Not important at all	10.8% 111	8.4% 90	9.5% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 1032	100.0% 1073	2105

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Absolutely essential	39.1% 450	26.3% 173	5.6% 3	52.8% 47	34.5% 673
Very important	38.5% 443	46.7% 308	18.5% 10	25.8% 23	40.2% 784
Only somewhat important	17.5% 201	21.7% 143	37.0% 20	9.0% 8	19.1% 372
Not important at all	4.9% 56	5.3% 35	38.9% 21	12.4% 11	6.3% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 659	100.0% 54	100.0% 89	1952