Life Choices, 1990

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KEEPUP How much would you say you keep up with news and current events - a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or not at all?   1) A great deal   2) A fair amount   3) Not very much   4) Not at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	818	37.6%	37.6%	-1.09
A fair amount	1082	49.8%	87.4%	.33
Not very much	240	11%	98.4%	1.76
Not at all	34	1.6%	100%	3.18

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
A great deal	27.4% 113	34.9% 261	38.4% 163	48.3% 204	44.9% 70	37.5% 811
A fair amount	56.7% 234	52.9% 396	48.3% 205	41.5% 175	43.6% 68	49.8% 1078
Not very much	15.0% 62	10.0% 75	11.3% 48	9.5% 40	9.6% 15	11.1% 240
Not at all	1.0% 4	2.1% 16	1.9% 8	0.7% 3	1.9% 3	1.6% 34
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
A great deal	36.4% 135	37.4% 253	38.2% 309	38.3% 110	37.7% 807
A fair amount	45.0% 167	51.2% 346	50.5% 408	51.2% 147	49.9% 1068
Not very much	15.6% 58	9.9% 67	10.4% 84	8.7% 25	10.9% 234
Not at all	3.0% 11	1.5% 10	0.9% 7	1.7% 5	1.5% 33
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
A great deal	31.6% 124	31.2% 222	39.2% 233	50.0% 233	37.5% 812
A fair amount	44.1% 173	54.2% 386	52.4% 312	44.8% 209	49.9% 1080
Not very much	21.4% 84	12.8% 91	7.2% 43	4.5% 21	11.0% 239
Not at all	2.8% 11	1.8% 13	1.2% 7	0.6% 3	1.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A great deal	36.3% 203	37.7% 220	36.5% 245	41.8% 150	37.6% 818
A fair amount	51.4% 288	51.1% 298	47.8% 321	48.7% 175	49.8% 1082
Not very much	11.3% 63	8.7% 51	14.1% 95	8.6% 31	11.0% 240
Not at all	1.1% 6	2.4% 14	1.6% 11	0.8% 3	1.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	43.3% 452	32.1% 349	37.6% 801
A fair amount	46.5% 486	52.7% 573	49.7% 1059
Not very much	9.4% 98	12.9% 140	11.2% 238
Not at all	0.9% 9	2.3% 25	1.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	38.7% 450	35.6% 236	43.6% 24	44.4% 40	38.0% 750
A fair amount	48.3% 562	53.2% 353	47.3% 26	41.1% 37	49.6% 978
Not very much	11.2% 130	10.3% 68	9.1% 5	12.2% 11	10.9% 214
Not at all	1.9% 22	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	1.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972