Life Choices, 1990

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WASITRIT In that particular case, do you think that it was the right or the wrong thing to do?   1) Right thing to do   3) Wrong thing to do   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Right thing to do	512	46.6%	46.6%	-1.02
Wrong thing to do	112	10.2%	56.8%	.04
Don't know	474	43.2%	100%	1.09

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
Right thing to do	44.3% 117	48.1% 226	49.5% 95	44.2% 61	48.1% 13	46.9% 512
Wrong thing to do	10.2% 27	9.1% 43	11.5% 22	10.9% 15	11.1% 3	10.1% 110
Don't know	45.5% 120	42.8% 201	39.1% 75	44.9% 62	40.7% 11	43.0% 469
TOTAL	100.0% 264	100.0% 470	100.0% 192	100.0% 138	100.0% 27	1091

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Right thing to do	67.5% 156	57.0% 225	32.0% 105	15.8% 21	46.6% 507
Wrong thing to do	8.7% 20	9.9% 39	12.2% 40	5.3% 7	9.8% 106
Don't know	23.8% 55	33.2% 131	55.8% 183	78.9% 105	43.6% 474
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 395	100.0% 328	100.0% 133	1087

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Right thing to do	27.4% 31	41.2% 140	50.6% 173	56.0% 168	46.8% 512
Wrong thing to do	8.0% 9	10.3% 35	12.3% 42	8.0% 24	10.0% 110
Don't know	64.6% 73	48.5% 165	37.1% 127	36.0% 108	43.2% 473
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 340	100.0% 342	100.0% 300	1095

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Right thing to do	48.5% 141	40.2% 119	42.6% 124	58.2% 128	46.6% 512
Wrong thing to do	11.7% 34	10.5% 31	8.2% 24	10.5% 23	10.2% 112
Don't know	39.9% 116	49.3% 146	49.1% 143	31.4% 69	43.2% 474
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 296	100.0% 291	100.0% 220	1098

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Right thing to do	47.4% 218	45.9% 284	46.5% 502
Wrong thing to do	11.7% 54	9.2% 57	10.3% 111
Don't know	40.9% 188	44.9% 278	43.2% 466
TOTAL	100.0% 460	100.0% 619	1079

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Right thing to do	43.8% 248	41.3% 131	90.0% 27	34.0% 17	43.9% 423
Wrong thing to do	11.1% 63	9.8% 31	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	9.9% 95
Don't know	45.1% 255	48.9% 155	6.7% 2	66.0% 33	46.2% 445
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 317	100.0% 30	100.0% 50	963