Life Choices, 1990

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POLIBCON Which one of the following best describes your overall political beliefs? Just call off the number please.   1) Far left   2) Very liberal   3) Somewhat liberal   4) Moderate   5) Somewhat conservative   6) Very conservative   7) Far right

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Far left	15	.7%	.7%	-2.85
Very liberal	144	6.7%	7.4%	-1.95
Somewhat liberal	366	17%	24.4%	-1.04
Moderate	871	40.5%	65%	-.13
Somewhat conservative	511	23.8%	88.8%	.77
Very conservative	220	10.2%	99%	1.68
Far right	21	1%	100%	2.59

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
Far left	1.5% 6	0.9% 7	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 15
Very liberal	8.3% 34	7.7% 57	3.6% 15	5.5% 23	9.0% 14	6.7% 143
Somewhat liberal	19.1% 78	19.7% 145	18.1% 76	11.5% 48	11.6% 18	17.1% 365
Moderate	40.4% 165	40.4% 298	42.5% 178	39.5% 165	40.0% 62	40.6% 868
Somewhat conservative	21.8% 89	22.5% 166	23.4% 98	30.4% 127	17.4% 27	23.7% 507
Very conservative	7.6% 31	7.7% 57	11.5% 48	12.2% 51	20.0% 31	10.2% 218
Far right	1.2% 5	0.9% 7	0.7% 3	0.7% 3	1.9% 3	1.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 737	100.0% 419	100.0% 418	100.0% 155	2137

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Far left	2.8% 10	0.1% 1	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 15
Very liberal	12.9% 47	6.4% 43	5.8% 46	2.8% 8	6.8% 144
Somewhat liberal	22.6% 82	19.1% 129	16.5% 132	6.0% 17	17.0% 360
Moderate	37.5% 136	41.8% 282	39.2% 313	43.3% 122	40.3% 853
Somewhat conservative	17.6% 64	24.1% 163	25.6% 204	26.6% 75	23.9% 506
Very conservative	5.5% 20	7.9% 53	11.5% 92	19.1% 54	10.3% 219
Far right	1.1% 4	0.6% 4	0.9% 7	2.1% 6	1.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 675	100.0% 798	100.0% 282	2118

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Far left	1.6% 6	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.7% 15
Very liberal	6.6% 25	4.7% 33	5.6% 33	10.9% 51	6.6% 142
Somewhat liberal	11.3% 43	14.9% 105	19.9% 117	21.7% 101	17.1% 366
Moderate	47.6% 181	47.3% 333	36.8% 217	29.4% 137	40.6% 868
Somewhat conservative	19.2% 73	22.3% 157	26.0% 153	27.0% 126	23.8% 509
Very conservative	12.1% 46	9.2% 65	10.9% 64	9.2% 43	10.2% 218
Far right	1.6% 6	0.9% 6	0.7% 4	1.1% 5	1.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 380	100.0% 704	100.0% 589	100.0% 466	2139

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Far left	0.5% 3	0.9% 5	0.8% 5	0.6% 2	0.7% 15
Very liberal	6.3% 35	6.7% 39	6.8% 45	7.0% 25	6.7% 144
Somewhat liberal	20.2% 112	15.4% 89	14.7% 97	19.1% 68	17.0% 366
Moderate	41.4% 230	41.1% 238	42.1% 277	35.4% 126	40.5% 871
Somewhat conservative	22.2% 123	25.7% 149	24.2% 159	22.5% 80	23.8% 511
Very conservative	8.8% 49	9.3% 54	10.0% 66	14.3% 51	10.2% 220
Far right	0.5% 3	0.9% 5	1.4% 9	1.1% 4	1.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 579	100.0% 658	100.0% 356	2148

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Far left	0.9% 9	0.5% 5	0.7% 14
Very liberal	7.2% 75	6.2% 66	6.7% 141
Somewhat liberal	16.6% 172	17.4% 186	17.0% 358
Moderate	37.6% 390	43.3% 463	40.5% 853
Somewhat conservative	25.7% 267	22.5% 240	24.1% 507
Very conservative	10.6% 110	9.5% 102	10.1% 212
Far right	1.4% 14	0.7% 7	1.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 1037	100.0% 1069	2106

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Far left	0.5% 6	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 12
Very liberal	5.0% 58	5.9% 39	12.7% 7	9.5% 8	5.7% 112
Somewhat liberal	15.1% 174	18.7% 123	25.5% 14	11.9% 10	16.5% 321
Moderate	40.7% 469	43.1% 283	32.7% 18	34.5% 29	41.0% 799
Somewhat conservative	26.1% 301	22.2% 146	25.5% 14	21.4% 18	24.6% 479
Very conservative	11.4% 132	8.4% 55	3.6% 2	21.4% 18	10.6% 207
Far right	1.1% 13	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.0% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 657	100.0% 55	100.0% 84	1949