Life Choices, 1990

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RESIDWRK [HAND CARD WITH RESPONSES] Which of the statements on this card best describes the location of your place of work?   1) Very large city (1,000,000 or more)   2) Suburb of a very large city   3) Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)   4) Small city (under 100,000)   5) A rural area or small town

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	274	18.3%	18.3%	-1.54
Suburb of a very large city	210	14%	32.3%	-.82
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	362	24.1%	56.4%	-.1
Small city (under 100,000)	334	22.3%	78.7%	.62
A rural area or small town	320	21.3%	100%	1.34

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
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	18.9% 63	19.2% 123	18.3% 60	14.0% 22	14.7% 5	18.3% 273
Suburb of a very large city	18.6% 62	14.5% 93	12.8% 42	7.6% 12	2.9% 1	14.1% 210
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	21.9% 73	26.2% 168	24.4% 80	19.1% 30	23.5% 8	24.0% 359
Small city (under 100,000)	24.3% 81	20.7% 133	21.6% 71	23.6% 37	29.4% 10	22.2% 332
A rural area or small town	16.2% 54	19.5% 125	22.9% 75	35.7% 56	29.4% 10	21.4% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 642	100.0% 328	100.0% 157	100.0% 34	1494

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	19.1% 53	19.5% 95	18.9% 102	10.2% 18	18.1% 268
Suburb of a very large city	13.7% 38	16.0% 78	14.1% 76	9.7% 17	14.1% 209
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	26.0% 72	23.0% 112	24.8% 134	22.7% 40	24.2% 358
Small city (under 100,000)	20.9% 58	21.1% 103	20.6% 111	34.1% 60	22.4% 332
A rural area or small town	20.2% 56	20.3% 99	21.7% 117	23.3% 41	21.1% 313
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 487	100.0% 540	100.0% 176	1480

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	16.6% 34	17.2% 82	16.7% 73	22.5% 84	18.3% 273
Suburb of a very large city	8.3% 17	12.8% 61	16.2% 71	16.3% 61	14.1% 210
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	23.9% 49	18.9% 90	24.3% 106	31.0% 116	24.2% 361
Small city (under 100,000)	20.0% 41	25.8% 123	22.4% 98	18.2% 68	22.1% 330
A rural area or small town	31.2% 64	25.4% 121	20.4% 89	12.0% 45	21.4% 319
TOTAL	100.0% 205	100.0% 477	100.0% 437	100.0% 374	1493

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	25.7% 97	14.5% 66	13.1% 55	22.5% 56	18.3% 274
Suburb of a very large city	17.5% 66	14.3% 65	7.9% 33	18.5% 46	14.0% 210
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	17.5% 66	20.5% 93	28.9% 121	32.9% 82	24.1% 362
Small city (under 100,000)	19.6% 74	20.5% 93	30.8% 129	15.3% 38	22.3% 334
A rural area or small town	19.8% 75	30.2% 137	19.3% 81	10.8% 27	21.3% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 378	100.0% 454	100.0% 419	100.0% 249	1500

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	18.8% 153	17.3% 114	18.2% 267
Suburb of a very large city	13.7% 111	14.6% 96	14.1% 207
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	24.1% 196	23.8% 157	24.0% 353
Small city (under 100,000)	22.9% 186	21.5% 142	22.3% 328
A rural area or small town	20.4% 166	22.8% 150	21.5% 316
TOTAL	100.0% 812	100.0% 659	1471

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very large city (1,000,000 or more)	14.2% 110	23.2% 106	40.5% 15	9.0% 6	17.7% 237
Suburb of a very large city	12.9% 100	15.6% 71	18.9% 7	19.4% 13	14.3% 191
Medium-sized city (100,000-999,999)	23.7% 184	25.2% 115	27.0% 10	25.4% 17	24.4% 326
Small city (under 100,000)	23.7% 184	20.2% 92	8.1% 3	32.8% 22	22.5% 301
A rural area or small town	25.6% 199	15.8% 72	5.4% 2	13.4% 9	21.1% 282
TOTAL	100.0% 777	100.0% 456	100.0% 37	100.0% 67	1337